Bible Person
Meaning: he that cures · Male · 5 cross references
Jason is the Thessalonian host who shelters Paul and Silas and suffers public pressure because of that association. He appears briefly, but his hospitality places him directly in the path of opposition to the gospel. First appears in Acts 17:5.1
AI summary: Jason matters because the cross references present him as a local believer whose house becomes a point of confrontation when the mission in Thessalonica stirs resistance. He absorbs legal and social risk on behalf of the apostolic work, turning ordinary hospitality into costly participation in the gospel. Paul's later greeting may preserve that continuing bond. Taken together, the material presents Jason as a hospitable and courageous supporter of the mission under pressure.1
Central Figure
Jason
Meaning: he that cures
He that will cure, the host of Paul and Silas in Thessalonica.
He that will cure, the host of Paul and Silas in Thessalonica. The Jews assaulted his house in order to seize Paul, but failing to find him, they dragged Jason before the ruler of the city (Acts 17:5-9). He was apparently one of the kinsmen of Paul (Rom. 16:21), and accompanied him from Thessalonica to Corinth. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.