5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
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But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Paul’s two epistles to the Thessalonians, the first two he wrote by inspiration, give such a shining character of that church, that we cannot but be glad here in the history to meet with an account of the first founding of the church there. I. Here is Paul’s coming to Thessalonica, which was the chief city of this country, called at this day Salonech , in the Turkish dominions. Observe, 1. Paul we…
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