Jason
The host who put Paul and Silas up at Thessalonica. When the mob attacked the house looking for them and could not find them, they dragged Jason before the city authorities instead, shouting that these men who had turned the world upside down had come here too, and that Jason had received them. He was made to post bond before being released — after which the believers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea.
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Where in scripture
ActsRomansBut 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.
Acts 17:5 — Dragged before the city officials
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,
Acts 17:6
whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
Acts 17:7
When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Acts 17:9
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.
Romans 16:21
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
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