Acts 17:6

Acts 17:6

And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

In this verse Paul is in Thessalonica and he had spent the past few Sabbaths reasoning with the Pharisees about the scriptures and how Jesus is the Christ. Paul debated that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and rise again. And the verses prior say that some were persuaded and some were jealous. So the jealous men went and gathered a mob of people that put the city in an uproar and then they attacked Jason’s house but they couldn’t find Paul and Silas.

And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

“The men who have turned the world upside down” that is quite a title. I find it interesting that the mob was saying that those men had turned the WORLD upside down not just the city of Thessalonica but the whole world. It is possible that the men in the mob didn’t know what they were saying but it is very true that the message of the Gospel can turn someone’s world upside down.

As a person who is to be bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ I want to be known as one of the men who turned the whole world upside down!