Matthew 27:20
20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to aask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.Mark 15:11
11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.Acts 13:50
50 bBut the Jews ▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
incited the devout dwomen of high standing and the leading men of the city, estirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and fdrove them out of their district. Acts 16:19-22
19But gwhen her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and hdragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. 20And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. 21They iadvocate customs that are not lawful for us jas Romans to accept or practice.” 22The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders kto beat them with rods.Acts 17:5-8
5 lBut the Jews ▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 13
nwere jealous, and taking osome wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. 6And when they could not find them, pthey 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, 7and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against qthe decrees of Caesar, saying that there is ranother king, Jesus.” 8And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things. Acts 19:24-32
24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, sbrought no little business to the craftsmen. 25 tThese he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. 26And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, usaying that vgods made with hands are not gods. 27And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the wgreat goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”28When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, x“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 29So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and yAristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s zcompanions in travel. 30But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him. 31And even some of the Asiarchs, ▼
▼That is, high-ranking officers of the province of Asia
who were friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater. 32 abNow some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together. Acts 21:30
30Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and acdragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
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