Jews in Thessalonica resisted the gospel and became violently opposed to Paul and Silas. Not finding them, they dragged their host, Jason, to the city rulers and stated, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Jason has harbored them" (Acts 17:6-7). That Paul and Silas were disruptive is not altogether untrue. However, the gospel they preached was turning the world right side up, and therefore those opposed felt it was being turned upside down. This is the effect the gospel has in a world tainted by sin.