Acts 17:8
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And they stirred up the people: and the rulers of the city, hearing these things,

Matthew 2:3 And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

John 11:48 If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation.

Context
The Uproar in Thessalonica
7Whom Jason hath received. And these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. 8And they stirred up the people: and the rulers of the city, hearing these things, 9And having taken satisfaction of Jason and of the rest, they let them go.…
Cross References
Luke 12:11
And when they shall bring you into the synagogues and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say.

Acts 17:7
Whom Jason hath received. And these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

Acts 17:9
And having taken satisfaction of Jason and of the rest, they let them go.

Lexicon
On hearing
ἀκούοντας (akouontas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

this,
ταῦτα (tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

crowd
ὄχλον (ochlon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

city officials
πολιτάρχας (politarchas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4173: A ruler of a city, city magistrate. From polis and archo; a town-officer, i.e. Magistrate.

were greatly disturbed.
Ἐτάραξαν (Etaraxan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5015: To disturb, agitate, stir up, trouble. Of uncertain affinity; to stir or agitate.


Additional Translations
On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

And they stirred up the crowd and the city authorities, hearing these things.

And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

Great was the excitement among the crowd, and among the magistrates of the city, when they heard these charges.

The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
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