When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
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When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
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And when they were sufficiently answered of Iason and of the other they let the goo.
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Notwithstanding when they had receiued sufficient assurance of Iason and of the other, they let them goe.
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- Acts 17:5 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.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain When Jason had put them in good assurance that…
When Jason had put them in good assurance that they should appear.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 9 And when they had taken security of Jason,…
9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
Ver. 9. When they had taken security] It was happy that security would be taken, till the heat was over. For,
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" Ut fragilis glacies frangitur ira mora." Ovid.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Had taken security; either being satisfied with their answer,…
Had taken security; either being satisfied with their answer, or having bail for their appearance, if need were; the word only hinting their being satisfied, or contented, as Mar 15:15.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when they had taken security of Jason, and…
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other,.... That is, received satisfaction from them, by the defence which they made for themselves, and the apostles, by the account that they gave of them and of their doctrines; whereby it plainly appeared to the full satisfaction of the magistrates, that their principles had no tendency to move sedition, or to alter the form of their government, or to do anything detrimental to Caesar, as was suggested: the Syriac, and Arabic versions render it, "took sureties"; of them for their good behaviour, and that they would be forthcoming, whenever called for:
they let them go; about their business, to their own houses, and company, and did not inflict any punishment upon them, or commit them to prison.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Taken security] λαβοντες το ικανον, Having taken…
Verse 9. Taken security] λαβοντες το ικανον, Having taken what was sufficient, or satisfactory. Sufficient for the present, to prove that the apostles were upright, peaceable, and loyal men; and that Jason and his friends were the like, and would be, at any time, forthcoming to answer for their conduct. Perhaps this is the sense of the phrase in the text.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And when they had taken security of Jason -…
And when they had taken security of Jason - This is an expression taken from courts, and means that Jason and the other gave satisfaction to the magistrates for the good conduct of Paul and Silas, or became responsible for it. Whether it was by depositing a sum of money, and by thus giving bail, is not quite clear. The sense is, that they did it in accordance with the Roman usages, and gave sufficient security for the good conduct of Paul and Silas. Heuman supposes that the pledge given was that they should leave the city. Michaelis thinks that they gave a pledge that they would no more harbor them; but if they returned again to them, they would deliver them to the magistrates.
And of the other - The other brethren Act 17:6 who had been drawn to the rulers of the city.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And when they had taken security of Jason and…
And when they had taken security of Jason and of the other--"the others"--probably making them deposit a money pledge that the preachers should not again endanger the public peace.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. Taken security—The security was probably a pledge or…
9. Taken security—The security was probably a pledge or bail of money, forfeitable if any disturbance occurred. And as the Jews could raise the needed disturbance whenever the apostle again attempted to preach, it was clear that his operations in Thessalonica were at an end. This SECOND EUROPEAN CHURCH has had a distinguished history during the Christian ages.
For centuries Thessalonica was the bulwark against the Turkish assaults, and the lamp whence went forth a Christianizing light over the northern barbarians. The eminence of her bishops, her Christian literature, and her theological science, acquired her the title of “The Orthodox City.”
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. And when they had taken security of Jason]…
9. And when they had taken security of Jason] i.e. having made him responsible either by his finding securities to be bound with and for him, or by making him give some deposit as a pledge for his good conduct, they took measures for securing, so far as those at present in custody were concerned, that they should commit no treason.
and of the other] Other is often found in old English as a plural. Cp. Bp. Pilkington’s Works (Parker Soc.), p. 7: “Phinees … punished that wickedness which other winked at.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) And when they had taken security of Jason.—The…
(9) And when they had taken security of Jason.—The Greek noun, probably used as an equivalent for the Latin satis accipere, in common use in legal language, is a technical one (literally, the sufficient sum) for the bail which Jason was required to give for the good conduct of his guests, and for their readiness to meet any charge that might be brought against them. It is clear from 1Th_1:6; 1Th_2:14, that St. Paul and Silas were not the only sufferers. The Gentile converts were exposed alike to the violence of their own countrymen and to the malice of the Jews. How anxious he was to visit and comfort them is seen from the fact that he made two attempts to return, before or during his stay at Corinth (1Th_2:18).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain From for of, A.V.; the rest for of the…
From for of, A.V.; the rest for of the other, A.V. The rest, or others, are of course the "certain brethren" of ver. 6.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 9. When they had taken security. Of those asserted.…
9. When they had taken security. Of those asserted. They received some kind of a guarantee that there would be nothing done contrary to the laws of the empire.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 5
See notes on verse 5
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