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Acts 17:8 Cross-References
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“And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.”
Acts 17:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Acts 17:8
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city—The Greek ἐτάραξαν (etaraxan, "troubled") conveys agitation, stirring up turmoil, the same word used of Jesus troubling the water at Bethesda. The mob's accusation that Christians preached "another king" (v. 7) was politically explosive in a Roman colony where loyalty oaths to Caesar were mandatory.The rulers of the city (τοὺς πολιτάρχας, tous politarchas) were "politarchs"—a uniquely Macedonian civic office Luke accurately identifies. Archaeological inscriptions from Thessalonica confirm this title, vindicating Luke's historical precisio...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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