Jason Ἰάσων

Jason was Paul's host in Thessalonica and a relative of Paul mentioned in his letter to the Romans.

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Where Jason appears

Acts (4), Romans (1)

Key verses

• Acts 17:5 first mention — But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
• Acts 17:6 — And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
• Acts 17:7 — Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
• Acts 17:9 — And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
• Romans 16:21 — Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.