Acts 17:5
 
Acts 17:5
(KJV) But 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.
(1611 KJV) But the Iewes which beleeued not, mooued with enuie, tooke vnto them certaine lewd fellowes of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the citie on an vprore, and assaulted the house of Iason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
(1587 Geneva Bible) But the Iewes which beleeued not, mooued with enuie, tooke vnto them certaine vagabonds and wicked felowes, and whe they had assembled the multitude, they made a tumult in the citie, and made assault against the house of Iason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
(1526 Tyndale) But the Iewes which beleved not havynge indignacio toke vnto the evyll men which were vagabondes and gadered a company and set all the cite on a roore and made asaute vnto the housse of Iason and sought to bringe the out to the people.
 
Counterfeit Versions
(CSB) But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.
(NIV) But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
(NASV) But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.
(THE MESSAGE) But the hard-line Jews became furious over the conversions. Mad with jealousy, they rounded up a bunch of brawlers off the streets and soon had an ugly mob terrorizing the city as they hunted down Paul and Silas.
(NLT) But some of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd.
(ESV) But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.
(CEV) The Jewish leaders were jealous and got some worthless bums who hung around the marketplace to start a riot in the city. They wanted to drag Paul and Silas out to the mob, and so they went straight to Jason's home.
(NCV) But some others became jealous. So they got some evil men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot. They ran to Jason's house, looking for Paul and Silas, wanting to bring them out to the people.
(1901 ASV) But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.
(HCSB) But the Jews became jealous, and when they had brought together some scoundrels from the marketplace and formed a mob, they set the city in an uproar. Attacking Jason's house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.
(RSV) But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.
(NAB-Roman Catholic) But the Jews became jealous and recruited some worthless men loitering in the public square, formed a mob, and set the city in turmoil. They marched on the house of Jason, intending to bring them before the people's assembly.
(MWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) But the Jews, getting jealous, took into their company certain wicked men of the marketplace idlers and formed a mob and proceeded to throw the city into an uproar. And they assaulted the house of Ja´son and went seeking to have them brought forth to the rabble.
 
Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
zhlwsanteV de oi apeiqounteV ioudaioi kai proslabomenoi twn agoraiwn tinaV andraV ponhrouV kai oclopoihsanteV eqoruboun thn polin epistanteV te th oikia iasonoV ezhtoun autouV agagein eiV ton dhmon
 
Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
zhlwsanteV de oi ioudaioi kai proslabomenoi twn agoraiwn andraV tinaV ponhrouV kai oclopoihsanteV eqoruboun thn polin kai epistanteV th oikia iasonoV ezhtoun autouV proagagein eiV ton dhmon
 
Corrupted Manuscripts
This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
E 08 - Sixth century
33 (Miniscule) - Ninth Century
 
Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
 
Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
Omit “which believed not”
Greisbach, Johann - 1805
Lachmann, Karl - 1842
Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
Wordsworth, Christopher - 1856 revised in 1870
Westcott and Hort - 1881
Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition
United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
 
Affected Teaching
When Paul came to Thessalonica he had gone to the local Synagogue and he preached and reasoned with the Jews for three weeks. Some of the Jews believed and also many Greeks had believed. Then if you notice in verse 5, it was those Jews who did not believe which caused the great uproar. The modern versions leave this portion out and make it sound like all the Jews had attacked Paul and the house of Jason but it was only those who were still unbelievers. This is important to know because the modern versions indict all the Jews in attendance and the ones who gave Paul the biggest problem were those who remained in unbelief. The King James Bible does not indict the believing Jews with the unbelieving Jews but rightly makes a clear distinction that it was those in unbelief who descended upon Paul and the house of Jason. Once again the modern versions inject confusion into a passage where there is none to begin with.

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