“And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;”
They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd — 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here' — The phrase katastrepho, "to turn upside down" or "to throw the social order into chaos," reveals how radically the gospel destabilizes existing power structures. The accusation unwittingly testifies to the movement's revolutionary theological potency.
Church Fathers on Acts 17:6
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. Acts 17:4 The writer mentions only the sum and substance of the discoursing: he is not given to redundancy, and does not on every occasion report the sermons. But the Jews which believed not (the best texts omit which believed not), moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!