<p>17:6 <em>And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the rulers of the city, crying: These that have turned the world upside down have come here also</em>- This is a tacit recognition of the extent and power of Paul's ministry; he and his team had &quot;turned the world upside down&quot;. They had hardly done so the Roman world, but they had indeed done so to the Jewish world. And in that observation we have a basic insight into human psychology; we tend to assume that 'our' world is the entire world. Time and again, the Roman authorities responded to the Jewish accusations that they could see no wrong in Paul. But for these bitter minded opponents, their immediate world was the whole world. The &quot;rulers of the city&quot; are called the <em>politarchs</em>; exactly the correct word, in comparison to the word used for the governors of Philippi which was a colony, whereas Thessalonica was a &quot;free city&quot;.</p>