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Summary
- Jason is in the Bible. In Acts 17:5-9 a mob comes to his house in Thessalonica looking for Paul and Silas and drags him before the city officials when they are not found.
- The charge was politically serious — acting against Caesar’s decrees and saying there is another king — and Jason was released only after posting bond, taking on liability for men who left that night.
- A Jason sends greetings in Romans 16:21, described with Paul as a fellow Jew. Whether it is the same man cannot be settled.
- The name is Greek, connected to the verb meaning to heal, and was commonly adopted by Greek-speaking Jews in place of Joshua or Jesus.
- Acts moves along a chain of people willing to have strangers in the house — Lydia, Mnason, Jason. Romans 12:13 and 1 Peter 4:9 keep the instruction.
Bibliography (Click to show)
Sources: Behind the Name entry for Jason; Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Acts 17:5-9; Romans 16:21; 12:13; 1 Peter 4:9; Hebrews 13:2). The adoption of Jason by Greek-speaking Jews as an equivalent for Joshua is attested in 2 Maccabees and is standard in commentary on Acts 17.
