Acts 17:1-15

1When they had passed throughG1353 AmphipolisG295 andG2532 ApolloniaG624, they cameG2064 toG1519 ThessalonicaG2332, whereG3699 there wasG1510 a JewishG3588G2453 synagogueG4864. 2As wasG2596 his customG1486, PaulG3972 went intoG1525G4314 the synagogue, andG2532 onG1909 threeG5140 SabbathsG4521 he reasonedG1256 with themG846 fromG575 theG3588 ScripturesG1124, 3explainingG1272 andG2532 provingG3908 thatG3754 theG3588 ChristG5547 had toG1163 sufferG3958 andG2532 riseG450 fromG1537 the deadG3498. “ThisG3778 JesusG2424 IG1473 am proclaimingG2605 to youG4771 isG1510 theG3588 ChristG5547,” he declared. 4SomeG5100 ofG1537 the Jews were persuadedG3982 andG2532 joinedG4345 PaulG3972 andG2532 SilasG4609, along withG5037 a largeG4183 numberG4128 ofG3588 God-fearingG4576 GreeksG1672 andG5037 quite a fewG3641 leadingG4413 womenG1135.

5TheG3588 JewsG2453, howeverG1161, became jealousG2206. So they brought inG4355 someG5100 troublemakersG4190G435 from theG3588 marketplaceG60, formed a mobG3792, and sent the city into an uproarG2350G3588G4172. They raidedG2186 Jason’sG2394 houseG3614 in search ofG2212 Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them outG4254 toG1519 theG3588 peopleG1218. 6But whenG1161 they could not findG3361G2147 themG846, they draggedG4951 JasonG2394 andG2532 some otherG5100 brothersG80 beforeG1909 theG3588 city officialsG4173, shoutingG994, “TheseG3778 men whoG3588 have turnedG387 the world upside downG3588G3625 have now comeG3918G2532 hereG1759, 7and JasonG2394 has welcomed them into his homeG5264G3739. TheyG3778 are allG3956 defyingG4238G561 Caesar’sG2541 decreesG1378, saying thatG3004 there isG1510 anotherG2087 kingG935, named JesusG2424!”

8On hearingG191 thisG3778, theG3588 crowdG3793 andG2532 city officialsG4173 were greatly disturbedG5015. 9AndG2532 they collectedG2983 bondG2425 fromG3844 JasonG2394 andG2532 theG3588 othersG3062 and then releasedG630 themG846.

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As soon asG2112 nightG3571 had fallen, theG3588 brothersG80 sentG1599 PaulG3972 andG2532 SilasG4609 away toG1519 BereaG960. On arrivingG3854 there, they wentG549 intoG1519 theG3588 JewishG2453 synagogueG4864. 11NowG1161 the Bereans wereG1510 more noble-mindedG2104 than theG3588 ThessaloniansG1722G2332, for they receivedG1209 theG3588 messageG3056 withG3326 greatG3956 eagernessG4288 and examinedG350 theG3588 ScripturesG1124 everyG3588G2596 dayG2250 to see ifG1487 theseG3778 teachings wereG2192 trueG3779.1 12As a resultG3767, manyG4183 ofG1537 themG846 believedG4100, along withG2532 quite a fewG3641 prominentG2158 GreekG1674 womenG1135 andG2532 menG435.

13ButG1161 whenG5613 theG3588 JewsG2453 fromG575 ThessalonicaG2332 learnedG1097 thatG3754 PaulG3972 was also proclaimingG2532G2605 theG3588 wordG3056 of GodG2316 inG1722 BereaG960, they wentG2064 there themselvesG2546 to inciteG4531 andG2532 agitateG5015 theG3588 crowdsG3793. 14TheG5119G3588 brothersG80 immediatelyG2112 sentG1821 PaulG3972 toG4198 theG3588 coast, but SilasG4609 andG2532 TimothyG5095 remainedG5278 in Berea. 15Those whoG3588 escortedG2525 PaulG3972 broughtG71 him toG2193 AthensG116 and thenG2532 returned withG2983 instructionsG1785 forG4314 SilasG4609 andG2532 TimothyG5095 toG2443 join himG846 asG5613 soon as possibleG5033.