Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!" 016:038 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, 016:039 and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city. 016:040 They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed. 017:001 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 017:002 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 017:003 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ." 017:004 Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women. 017:005 But the unpersuaded Jews took along{TR reads "And the Jews who were unpersuaded, becoming envious and taking along" instead of "But the unpersuaded Jews took along"} some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people. 017:006 When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also, 017:007 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!" 017:008 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things. 017:009 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. 017:010 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. 017:011 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 017:012 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men. 017:013 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes. 017:014 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there. 017:015 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens.