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Selected Verse: Acts 17:6 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 17:6 |
King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers--literally, "the politarchs"; the very name given to the magistrates of Thessalonica in an inscription on a still remaining arch of the city--so minute is the accuracy of this history.
crying, These that have turned the world upside down--(See on Act 16:20). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| These that have turned the world upside down - That have excited commotion and disturbance in other places. The charge has been often brought against the gospel that it has been the occasion of confusion and disorder. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
drew
dragged.
See margin reference, (See Scofield) - (Act 16:19). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Rulers of the city (πολιτάρχας)
Another illustration of Luke's accuracy. Note that the magistrates are called by a different name from those at Philippi. Thessalonica was not a colony, but a free city (see on colony, Act 16:12), and was governed by its own rulers, whose titles accordingly did not follow those of Roman magistrates. The word occurs only here and Act 17:8, and has been found in an inscription on an arch at Thessalonica, where the names of the seven politarchs are mentioned. The arch is thought by antiquarians to have been standing in Paul's time. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also - The very character our forefathers had for preaching that Gospel, in every part of the land, by which the nation has been illuminated, the mob disciplined into regularity and order, and the kingdom established in the hands of the best of monarchs. |
20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.