“ The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!” they shouted to the city officials.

又带到官长面前说：“这些人原是犹太人，竟骚扰我们的城，

又带他们到行政官长们面前，说：“这些骚扰我们城的，他们是犹太人，

又带他们到行政官长们面前，说：“这些骚扰我们城的，他们是犹太人，

他们在官长面前控告保罗和西拉，说：“这些是犹太人，竟扰乱我们的城市，

又带到裁判官面前，说：“这些人是犹太人，扰乱我们的城市，

把两个人带到官长们面前，说：“这些人是犹太人，在扰乱我们的城市，

又帶到官長面前說：「這些人原是猶太人，竟騷擾我們的城，

又帶他們到行政官長們面前，說：「這些騷擾我們城的，他們是猶太人，

又帶他們到行政官長們面前，說：「這些騷擾我們城的，他們是猶太人，

他們在官長面前控告保羅和西拉，說：「這些是猶太人，竟擾亂我們的城市，

又帶到裁判官面前，說：“這些人是猶太人，擾亂我們的城市，

把他們帶交官長，說：『這些人是猶太人，騷擾我們的城，

把兩個人帶到官長們面前，說：「這些人是猶太人，在擾亂我們的城市，

解於上憲曰、此猶太人也、大擾我邑、

解至幕府、曰、此猶太人、騷擾我邑、

見有司、解至上官曰、此猶太人、騷擾我邑、

鳴諸有司曰：『此本猶太人、擾及吾邑、強傳律法、為吾羅馬人所不宜受、不宜行者。』

They brought them before the magistrates and said,“ These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar

They brought them to the judges.“ These men are Jews,” her owners said.“ They are making trouble in our city.

And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said,“ These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.

Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said,“ These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews

and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said,“ These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble,

And they brought them to the magistrates, and said,“ These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city;

and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said,“ These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“ These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said,“ These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

But we want to hear what you believe, for the only thing we know about this movement is that it is denounced everywhere.”

Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said,“ There is a certain race of people scattered through all the provinces of your empire who keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their laws are different from those of any other people, and they refuse to obey the laws of the king. So it is not in the king’s interest to let them live.If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks of silver to the government administrators to be deposited in the royal treasury.”

But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they started shouting again and kept it up for about two hours:“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed,“ So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?”“ I have made no trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied.“ You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the Lord and have worshiped the images of Baal instead.

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

“ If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.Do you remember what I told you?‘ A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.

There he became acquainted with a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife, Priscilla. They had left Italy when Claudius Caesar deported all Jews from Rome.

King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.

“ The king should know that the Jews who came here to Jerusalem from Babylon are rebuilding this rebellious and evil city. They have already laid the foundation and will soon finish its walls.And the king should know that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, it will be much to your disadvantage, for the Jews will then refuse to pay their tribute, customs, and tolls to you.“ Since we are your loyal subjects and do not want to see the king dishonored in this way, we have sent the king this information.We suggest that a search be made in your ancestors’ records, where you will discover what a rebellious city this has been in the past. In fact, it was destroyed because of its long and troublesome history of revolt against the kings and countries who controlled it.

Not finding them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the other believers instead and took them before the city council.“ Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted,“ and now they are here disturbing our city, too.And Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all guilty of treason against Caesar, for they profess allegiance to another king, named Jesus.”The people of the city, as well as the city council, were thrown into turmoil by these reports.