When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 17:9 in context
Acts 17:6–12
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When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
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whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
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The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
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When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
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The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
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Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
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Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
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