Jason of Thessalonica

Acts 17 recounts Paul and Silas preaching in the Thessalonian synagogue for three Sabbaths, reasoning from the Scriptures that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead and identifying Jesus as that Messiah. Some Jews, many devout Greeks, and prominent women believed. Opponents became jealous, formed a mob, and attacked Jason's house seeking Paul and Silas. Unable to find them, they dragged Jason and other believers before the politarchs, accusing them of receiving men who had 'turned the world upside down' and of acting against Caesar's decrees by saying there was another king, Jesus. The authorities took security from Jason and the others before releasing them. The brothers then sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. A Jason later appears among Paul's associates in Romans 16:21, though the New Testament does not explicitly state that he is the same man.