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Acts 17:1-15

1Andhaving journeyedthroughAmphipolisandApollonia,theycameG2064toThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκην,ThessalonikēnG2332,whereὅπουhopouG3699wasG1510thesynagogueσυναγωγὴsunagōgēG4864oftheJewsἸουδαίων.IoudaiōnG2453.

2AndaccordingκατὰkataG2596toPaul'scustomhewentG1525inamongthem,andonthreeτρίαtriaG5140sabbathsσάββαταsabbataG4521reasonedδιελέξατοdielexatoG1256withthemfromthescripturesG1124,

3openingandlaying downthattheChristχριστὸνchristonG5547musthavesufferedπαθεῖνpatheinG3958andrisenG450upfromamongthedeadνεκρῶνnekrōnG3498,andthatthisisG1510theChristχριστὸςchristosG5547,JesusἸησοῦςIēsousG2424whomIannouncetoyou.

4Andsomeofthembelieved,andjoinedthemselvestoPaulΠαύλῳPaulōG3972andSilasΣιλᾷ,SilaG4609,andoftheGreeksἙλλήνωνHellēnōnG1672whoworshipped,agreatπολύ,poluG4183multitudeπλῆθοςplēthosG4128,andofthechiefwomenG1135notafewὀλίγαι.¶oligaiG3641.

5ButtheJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453havingbeenstirreduptojealousy,andtakento[themselves]certainτινὰςtinasG5100wickedπονηροὺςponērousG4190menG435ofthelowest rabble,andhaving gotacrowdtogether,setthecityπόλιν,polinG4172inconfusion;andhaving besetthehouseοἰκίᾳoikiaG3614ofJasonἸάσονοςIasonosG2394soughtἐζήτουνezētounG2212tobringπροαγαγεῖνproagageinG4254themouttothepeople;

6andnothavingfoundG2147them,draggedJasonἸάσοναIasonaG2394andcertainτιναςtinasG5100brethrenbeforethepolitarchs,cryingβοῶντεςboōntesG994out,These[menG3778]thathavesettheworldοἰκουμένηνoikoumenēnG3625intumult,arecomehereἐνθάδεenthadeG1759alsoG2532,

7whomJasonἸάσων·IasōnG2394hasreceived;andthesealldocontrarytothedecreesofCaesarΚαίσαροςKaisarosG2541,sayingG3004,thatthereisG1510anotherkingβασιλέαbasileaG935,JesusἸησοῦν.IēsounG2424.

8AndtheytroubledG5015thecrowdὄχλονochlonG3793andthepolitarchswhentheyheardἀκούονταςakouontasG191thesethingsταῦτα·tautaG3778.

9AndhavingtakenG2983securityofJasonἸάσονοςIasonosG2394andtherestλοιπῶνloipōnG3062,theyletthemgoἀπέλυσανapelusanG630.

10ButthebrethrenimmediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōsG2112sentaway,inthenightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571,PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972andSilasΣιλᾶνSilanG4609toBereaΒέροιαν,BeroianG960;who, beingarrived,wentawayintothesynagogueσυναγωγὴνsunagōgēnG4864oftheJewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōnG2453.

11AndthesewereG1510morenoblethanthoseinThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκῃ,ThessalonikēG2332, receivingthewordλόγονlogonG3056withallreadinessπροθυμίαςprothumiasG4288ofmind,dailysearchingthescripturesG1124ifthesethingsG3778wereG1510soοὕτως.¶houtōsG3779.

12ThereforeοὖνounG3767manyΠολλοὶPolloiG4183fromamongthembelievedG4100,andofGrecianwomenG1135oftheupper classesandmenG435notafewὀλίγοι.¶oligoiG3641.

13ButwhenὩςHōsG5613theJewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiG2453fromThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκηςThessalonikēsG2332knewG1097thatthewordλόγοςlogosG3056ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316wasannouncedinBereaΒεροίᾳBeroiaG960alsoG2532byPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972,theycameG2064therealsoG2532,stirringupthecrowdsὄχλους.ochlousG3793.

14AndthenimmediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōsG2112thebrethrensentawayἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanG1821PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972togoπορεύεσθαιporeuesthaiG4198astotheseaθάλασσαν·thalassanG2281;butSilasΣιλᾶςSilasG4609andTimotheus abodethere.

15ButtheythatconductedPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972broughtG71himasfarG2193asAthensἈθηνῶν,AthēnōnG116;and, havingreceivedG2983acommandmentG1785toSilasΣιλᾶνSilanG4609andTimotheus,thattheyshouldcomeἔλθωσινelthōsinG2064tohimasquicklyτάχισταtachistaG5036aspossible,theydeparted.

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