⁴ The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.^(A)

⁴ Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas,^(A) as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

⁵ But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city.^(B) They rushed to Jason’s^(C) house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.^[a]

⁹ But some of them^(A) became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way.^(B) So Paul left them. He took the disciples^(C) with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

⁷ When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.