{They troubled the multitude and the rulers} (etaraxan ton
ochlon kai tous politarchas). First aorist active of 	arass(935c),
old verb to agitate. The excitement of the multitude "agitated"
the politarchs still more. To the people it meant a revolution,
to the politarchs a charge of complicity in treason if they let
it pass. They had no way to disprove the charge of treason and
Paul and Silas were not present.