Acts 17:14

Acts 17:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
• New International Version (NIV)The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.

Context of Acts 17:14

12Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men. 13But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and upsetting the crowds. Then the brothers and sisters immediately sent Paul away to go to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed on there. 15Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed. 16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed when he saw that the city was full of idols.

Acts 17:14 word by word

εὐθέως δὲ τότε τὸν Παῦλον ἐξαπέστειλαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ πορεύεσθαι ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν· ὑπέμεινάν τε ὅ τε Σιλᾶς καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• the brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• sent awayἐξαποστέλλωexapostellō · to send out/awayG1821
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• to goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• as it wereὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the seaθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
• ·τεte · and/bothG5037
• SilasΣίλαςSilas · SilasG4609
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• TimotheusΤιμόθεοςTimotheos · TimothyG5095
• abodeὑπομένωhupomenō · to remain/endureG5278
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563

Cross-references for Acts 17:14

• Acts 17:10As soon as it was night, the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. Upon arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
• Acts 9:25but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall.
• Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
• Acts 20:3and stayed three months. The Jews plotted against him when he was about to set sail for Syria, and so he decided to go back through Macedonia.
• Joshua 2:16“Go to the hill country so that the men pursuing you won’t find you,” she said to them. “Hide there for three days until they return; afterward, go on your way.”
• Acts 19:22After sending to Macedonia two of those who assisted him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
• 1 Timothy 1:3As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach false doctrine

Commentaries on Acts 17:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14To go as it were to the sea - This passage is generally understood to mean that the disciples took Paul towards the sea, as if he had intended to embark, and return to Troas, but with the real design to go to Athens. But it is more likely that his conductors, in order to his greater safety, left the public or more frequented road, and took him coastwise to Athens. Or, by taking a vessel at that part of the sea nearest to Berea, they might have coasted it…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The brethren - Those who were Christians. Sent away Paul - In order to secure his safety. A similar thing had been done in Thessalonica, Acts 17:10. The tumult was great; and there was no doubt, such was the hostility of the Jews, that the life of Paul would be endangered, and they there fore resolved to secure his safety. As it were - Rather, “even to the sea,” for that is its signification. It does not imply that there was any feint or sleight in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-15Verses 10-15 The Jews in Berea applied seriously to the study of the word preached unto them. They not only heard Paul preach on the sabbath, but daily searched the Scriptures, and compared what they read with the facts related to them. The doctrine of Christ does not fear inquiry; advocates for his cause desire no more than that people will fully and fairly examine whether things are so or not. Those are truly noble, and likely to be more and more so…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15Paul recognized how strong and ongoing this persecution (hostile treatment for following Jesus) was when he wrote to the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 2:14–16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. immediately the brethren--the converts gathered at Berea. sent away Paul--as before from Jerusalem (Ac 9:30), and from Thessalonica (Ac 17:10). How long he stayed at Berea we know not; but as we know that he longed and expected soon to return to the Thessalonians (1Th 2:17), it is probable he remained some weeks at least, and only abandoned his intention of revisiting Thessalonica at that time when the virulence of his enemies there, stimulated by his…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 17:14

• Paul
• Prudence
• Silas
• Timothy

In the dictionaries

• Paul
• Silas
• Paul, Saul
• Silas, Silvanus
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Appoint
• Assurance
• Blood
• Determine
• Ignorantly

Commentaries on Acts 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings