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

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.

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

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

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 desire to hear from you what your views are; for regarding this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus,“ There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not comply with the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be eliminated, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him,“ Is this you, the cause of disaster to Israel?”He said,“ I have not brought disaster to Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have abandoned the commandments of the Lord and you have followed the Baals.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

“ If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.Remember the word that I said to you,‘ A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they followed My word, they will follow yours also.

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will be detrimental to the revenue of the kings.Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king’s shame, for this reason we have sent word and informed the king,so that a search may be conducted in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and detrimental to kings and provinces, and that they have revolted within it in past days; for this reason that city was laid waste.

When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting,“ These men who have upset the world have come here also;and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.