Berean Standard Bible

Acts 17:1-15

1WhenδὲdeG1161they had passed throughΔιοδεύσαντεςDiodeusantesG1353τὴνtēnG3588AmphipolisἈμφίπολινAmphipolinG295andκαὶkaiG2532τὴνtēnG3588ApolloniaἈπολλωνίανApollōnianG624,they cameἦλθονēlthonG2064toεἰςeisG1519ThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκην,ThessalonikēnG2332,whereὅπουhopouG3699there wasἦνēnG1510a Jewishτῶν Ἰουδαίων.tōn IoudaiōnG3588 G2453synagogueσυναγωγὴsunagōgēG4864.

2As wasκατὰkataG2596δὲdeG1161hisτὸtoG3588customεἰωθὸςeiōthosG1486τῷtōG3588,PaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972went intoεἰσῆλθεν πρὸςeisēlthen prosG1525 G4314the synagogueαὐτούς,autousG846,andκαὶkaiG2532onἐπὶepiG1909threeτρίαtriaG5140SabbathsσάββαταsabbataG4521he reasonedδιελέξατοdielexatoG1256with themαὐτοῖςautoisG846fromἀπὸapoG575theτῶνtōnG3588Scripturesγραφῶν,graphōnG1124,

3explainingδιανοίγωνdianoigōnG1272andκαὶkaiG2532provingπαρατιθέμενοςparatithemenosG3908thatὅτιhotiG3754theτὸνtonG3588ChristχριστὸνchristonG5547had toἔδειedeiG1163sufferπαθεῖνpatheinG3958andκαὶkaiG2532riseἀναστῆναιanastēnaiG450fromἐκekG1537thedeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498. “ThisοὗτόςhoutosG3778ὁhoG3588JesusἸησοῦςIēsousG2424ὃνhonG3739IἐγὼegōG1473am proclaimingκαταγγέλλωkatangellōG2605to youὑμῖν.huminG4771isἐστινestinG1510theὁhoG3588ChristχριστὸςchristosG5547καὶkaiG2532,” he declaredὅτιhotiG3754.

4καίkaiG2532SomeτινεςtinesG5100ofἐξexG1537the JewsαὐτῶνautōnG846were persuadedἐπείσθησανepeisthēsanG3982andκαὶkaiG2532joinedπροσεκληρώθησανproseklērōthēsanG4345τῷtōG3588PaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972andκαὶkaiG2532τῷtōG3588SilasΣιλᾷ,SilaG4609,along withτεteG5037a largeπολύ,poluG4183numberπλῆθοςplēthosG4128ofτῶνtōnG3588God-fearingσεβομένωνsebomenōnG4576GreeksἙλλήνωνHellēnōnG1672andτεteG5037quiteοὐκoukG3756a fewὀλίγαι.¶oligaiG3641τῶνtōnG3588leadingπρώτωνprōtōnG4413womenγυναικῶνgunaikōnG1135.

5TheοἱhoiG3588JewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453,howeverδὲdeG1161,became jealousΖηλώσαντεςZēlōsantesG2206. SoκαὶkaiG2532they brought inπροσλαβόμενοιproslabomenoiG4355someτινὰςtinasG5100troublemakersἄνδρας πονηροὺςandras ponērousG4190 G435from theτῶνtōnG3588marketplaceἀγοραίωνagoraiōnG60καὶkaiG2532,formed a mobὀχλοποιήσαντεςochlopoiēsantesG3792, andsent the city into an uproarἐθορύβουν τὴν πόλιν,ethoruboun tēn polinG2350 G3588 G4172καὶkaiG2532.They raidedἐπιστάντεςepistantesG2186τῇtēaG3588Jason’sἸάσονοςIasonosG2394houseοἰκίᾳoikiaG3614in search ofἐζήτουνezētounG2212Paul and SilasαὐτοὺςautousG846, hopingto bring them outπροαγαγεῖνproagageinG4254toεἰςeisG1519theτὸνtonG3588peopleδῆμον·dēmonG1218.

6But whenδὲdeG1161they could not findμὴ εὑρόντεςmē heurontesG3361 G2147themαὐτοὺςautousG846,they draggedἔσυρονesuronG4951JasonἸάσοναIasonaG2394andκαίkaiG2532some otherτιναςtinasG5100brothersἀδελφοὺςadelphousG80beforeἐπὶepiG1909theτοὺςtousG3588city officialsπολιτάρχαςpolitarchasG4173,shoutingβοῶντεςboōntesG994ὅτιhotiG3754, “TheseοὗτοιhoutoiG3778menwhoοἱhoiG3588have turnedἀναστατώσαντεςanastatōsantesG387the world upside downτὴν οἰκουμένηνtēn oikoumenēnG3588 G3625have now comeκαὶ πάρεισιν,kai pareisinG3918 G2532hereἐνθάδεenthadeG1759,

7andJasonἸάσων·IasōnG2394has welcomed them into his homeοὓς ὑποδέδεκταιhous hupodedektaiG5264 G3739καὶkaiG2532.TheyοὗτοιhoutoiG3778are allπάντεςpantesG3956defyingἀπέναντι πράσσουσινapenanti prassousinG4238 G561Caesar’sΚαίσαροςKaisarosG2541τῶνtōnG3588decreesδογμάτωνdogmatōnG1378,saying thatλέγοντεςlegontesG3004there isG1510anotherἕτερονheteronG2087kingβασιλέαbasileaG935, namedJesusἸησοῦν.IēsounG2424!”

8On hearingἀκούονταςakouontasG191thisταῦτα·tautaG3778,theτὸνtonG3588crowdὄχλονochlonG3793andκαὶkaiG2532τοὺςtousG3588city officialsπολιτάρχαςpolitarchasG4173δὲdeG1161were greatly disturbedἐτάραξανetaraxanG5015.

9AndκαὶkaiG2532they collectedλαβόντεςlabontesG2983τὸtoG3588bondἱκανὸνhikanonG2425fromπαρὰparaG3844τοῦtouG3588JasonἸάσονοςIasonosG2394andκαὶkaiG2532theτῶνtōnG3588othersλοιπῶνloipōnG3062and thenreleasedἀπέλυσανapelusanG630themαὐτούς.¶autousG846.

10δὲdeG1161As soon asεὐθέωςeutheōsG2112διὰdiaG1223nightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571had fallen,theΟἱHoiG3588brothersἀδελφοὶadelphoiG80sentἐξέπεμψανexepempsanG1599τεteG5037τόνtonG3588PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972andκαὶkaiG2532τὸνtonG3588SilasΣιλᾶνSilanG4609away toεἰςeisG1519BereaΒέροιαν,BeroianG960οἵτινεςoitinesG3748.On arrivingπαραγενόμενοιparagenomenoiG3854there,they wentἀπῄεσαν.apēesanG549intoεἰςeisG1519theτὴνtēnG3588τῶνtōnG3588JewishἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453synagogueσυναγωγὴνsunagōgēnG4864.

11NowδὲdeG1161the BereansοὗτοιhoutoiG3778wereἦσανēsanG1510more noble-mindedεὐγενέστεροιeugenesteroiG2104than theG3588Thessaloniansἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ,en ThessalonikēG1722 G2332, forοἵτινεςoitinesG3748they receivedἐδέξαντοedexantoG1209theG3588messageλόγονlogonG3056withμετὰmetaG3326greatπάσηςpasēsG3956eagernessπροθυμίαςprothumiasG4288andexaminedἀνακρίνοντεςanakrinontesG350theG3588ScripturesγραφὰςgraphasG1124everyκαθ᾽kath᾽G3588 G2596dayἡμέρανhēmeranG2250to seeifεἰeiG1487theseταῦταtautaG3778teachingswereἔχοιechoiG2192trueοὕτως.¶houtōsG3779.

12As a resultοὖνounG3767,manyΠολλοὶPolloiG4183ofἐξexG1537themαὐτῶνautōnG846μὲνmenG3303believedἐπίστευσαν,episteusanG4100,along withκαὶkaiG2532quiteοὐκoukG3756a fewὀλίγοι.¶oligoiG3641τῶνtōnG3588prominentεὐσχημόνωνeuschēmonōnG2158GreekἙλληνίδωνHellēnidōnG1674womenγυναικῶνgunaikōnG1135andκαὶkaiG2532τῶνtōnG3588menἀνδρῶνandrōnG435.

13ButδὲdeG1161whenὩςHōsG5613theοἱhoiG3588JewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453fromἀπὸapoG575τῆςtēsG3588ThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκηςThessalonikēsG2332learnedἔγνωσανegnōsanG1097thatὅτιhotiG3754τῇtēaG3588PaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972was also proclaimingκατηγγέληkatēngelēG2532 G2605ὑπὸhupoG5259theτοῦtouG3588wordλόγοςlogosG3056ὁhoG3588of Godθεοῦ,theouG2316inἐνenG1722τοῦtouG3588BereaΒεροίᾳBeroiaG960,they wentἦλθονēlthonG2064there themselvesG2546to inciteσαλεύοντεςsaleuontesG4531andG2532agitateταράσσοντεςtarassontesG5015theτοὺςtousG3588crowdsὄχλους.ochlousG3793.

14δὲdeG1161Theτότε τὸνtote tonG5119 G3588brothersἀδελφοὶadelphoiG80immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōsG2112sentἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanG1821οἱhoiG3588PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972toπορεύεσθαιporeuesthaiG4198ἕωςhe'ōsG2193ἐπὶepiG1909theτὴνtēnG3588coastθάλασσαν·thalassanG2281, butτεteG5037ὅhoG3588τεteG5037SilasΣιλᾶςSilasG4609andκαὶkaiG2532ὁhoG3588TimothyΤιμόθεοςTimotheosG5095remainedὑπέμεινάνhupemeinanG5278in Bereaἐκεῖ.ekeiG1563.

15δὲdeG1161Those whoοἱhoiG3588escortedκαθιστάνοντεςkathistanontesG2525τὸνtonG3588PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972broughtἤγαγονēgagonG71himtoἕωςhe'ōsG2193AthensἈθηνῶν,AthēnōnG116and thenκαὶkaiG2532returnedἐξῄεσαν.¶exēesanG1826withλαβόντεςlabontesG2983instructionsἐντολὴνentolēnG1785forπρὸςprosG4314τὸνtonG3588SilasΣιλᾶνSilanG4609andκαὶkaiG2532τὸνtonG3588TimothyΤιμόθεονTimotheonG5095toἵναinaG2443joinἔλθωσιν πρὸςelthōsin prosG2064 G4314himαὐτὸνautonG846asὡςhōsG5613soon as possibleG5033.

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