Acts 16:40-17:5

Moffatt(i) 40 So they left the prison and went to Lydia's house, where they saw the brothers and encouraged them; then they departed. 17 1 Travelling on through Amphipolis and Apollonia they reached Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue, 2 and Paul as usual went in; for three sabbaths he argued with them on the scriptures, 3 explaining and quoting passages to prove that the messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, and that "the Jesus I proclaim to you is the messiah." 4 Some were persuaded and threw in their lot with Paul and Silas, including a host of devout Greeks and a large number of the leading women. 5 But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,