Acts 18:2
18:2 There he
found
a Jew named Aquila,
a native of Pontus,
who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius
had ordered all the Jews to depart from
Rome.
Paul approached
them,
Acts 19:34
19:34 But when they recognized
that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,
“Great is Artemis
of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.
Ezra 4:12-15
4:12 Now
let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city.
They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations.
4:13 Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tax, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury
will suffer loss.
4:14 In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king,
and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage,
we are sending the king this information
4:15 so that he may initiate a search of the records
of his predecessors
and discover in those records
that this city is rebellious
and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts
from long ago.
It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.
Esther 3:8-9
3:8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king’s laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them.
3:9 If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.”