1 Paul and Silas travelled on through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue.
2 According to his usual habit Paul went to the synagogue. There during three Sabbaths he held discussions with the people, quoting
3 and explaining the Scriptures and proving from them that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from death. “This Jesus whom I announce to you,” Paul said, “is the Messiah.”
4 Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas; so did many of the leading women and a large group of Greeks who worshipped God.
5 But some Jews were jealous and gathered worthless loafers from the streets and formed a mob. They set the whole city in an uproar and attacked the home of a man called Jason, in an attempt to find Paul and Silas and bring them out to the people.