In this way they stirred up the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law. They seized Stephen and took him before the Council.

Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him. "This man," they said, "is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.

When her owners realized that their chance of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them to the authorities in the public square.

They brought them before the Roman officials and said, "These men are Jews, and they are causing trouble in our city.

When Gallio was made the Roman governor of Achaia, Jews there got together, seized Paul, and took him into court.

"This man," they said, "is trying to persuade people to worship God in a way that is against the law!"

"People of Israel!" they shouted. "Help! This is the man who goes everywhere teaching everyone against the people of Israel, the Law of Moses, and this Temple. And now he has even brought some Gentiles into the Temple and defiled this holy place!"

Confusion spread through the whole city, and the people all ran together, grabbed Paul, and dragged him out of the Temple. At once the Temple doors were closed.

The people listened to Paul until he said this; but then they started shouting at the top of their voices, "Away with him! Kill him! He's not fit to live!"

They were screaming, waving their clothes, and throwing dust up in the air.

We found this man to be a dangerous nuisance; he starts riots among Jews all over the world and is a leader of the party of the Nazarenes.

But we would like to hear your ideas, because we know that everywhere people speak against this party to which you belong."

When Ahab saw him, he said, "So there you are---the worst troublemaker in Israel!"

"I'm not the troublemaker," Elijah answered. "You are---you and your father. You are disobeying the LORD's commands and worshiping the idols of Baal.

and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live.

I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I see how the Egyptians are oppressing them.

the LORD had said, "Whoever stays on in the city will die in war or of starvation or disease. But those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will not be killed; they will at least escape with their life."

Then the officials went to the king and said, "This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage, and he is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people; he only wants to hurt them."

Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, then sent a report to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is plotting against you among the people. His speeches will destroy the country.

But they insisted even more strongly, "With his teaching he is starting a riot among the people all through Judea. He began in Galilee and now has come here."