and consorted with Paul and Silas;
and of the devout Greeks a great multitude,
and of the chief women not a few.
But the Jews which believed not,
moved with envy,
took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort,
and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar,
and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
And when they found them not,
they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city,
crying,
These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
Acts 17:4-6