Acts 17:1-15

Paul and Silas in Thessalonica

1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to ¹Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

2 And Paul went in, ²as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them ³from the Scriptures,

3 ⁴explaining and proving that it was necessary for ⁵the Christ to suffer and ⁶to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."

4 And ⁷some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did ⁸a great many of the devout ⁹Greeks and not a few of the leading women.

5 ¹⁰But the Jews ¹¹were jealous, and taking ¹²some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.

6 And when they could not find them, ¹³they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

7 and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against ¹⁴the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is ¹⁵another king, Jesus."

8 And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.

9 And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

Paul and Silas in Berea

10 ¹⁶The brothers^[a] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they ¹⁷went into the Jewish synagogue.

11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ¹⁸examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

12 ¹⁹Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek ²⁰women of high standing as well as men.

13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, ²¹agitating and stirring up the crowds.

14 Then the brothers ²²immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and ²³Timothy remained there.

15 ²⁴Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as ²⁵Athens, and after receiving a command ²⁶for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

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