데살로니가(Thessalonica) 는
Macedonia 지역에서 가장 큰 도시이다.
유대인들의 회당이 있었을 정도로 유대인들이 많이 살던 지역이다. 바울은 이 지역에서 회당을 중심으로 복음을 전했는데, 헬라인들은 복음을 많이 받아들였지만, 오히려 유대인들이 크게 반발하여 소동을 일으켰다.
1 2 Paul , as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas , of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason , they sought to bring them out to the people.
6 When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
이곳에서 처음으로 "천하를 어지럽게 하는 사람들"이라는 칭호를 얻는다.
