Ja'son. (one who will heal). Jason, called the Thessalonian, entertained Paul and Silas, and was in consequence, attacked by the Jewish mob. Acts 17:5-7; Acts 17:9. (A.D. 48). He is probably the same as the Jason mentioned in Romans 16:21. It is conjectured that Jason and Secundus, Acts 20:4, were the same person.