⁴⁰ but Paul chose Silas^(A) and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord.^(B)

⁶ But when they did not find them, they dragged^(A) Jason and some other believers^(B) before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world^(C) have now come here,^(D)

⁷ and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”^(A)

²⁵ He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.^(A)

²⁶ And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus^(A) and in practically the whole province of Asia.^(B) He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.^(C)