Acts 17:13

Acts 17:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But when some Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, they went there and stirred up trouble.

Context of Acts 17:13

11Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men. But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

Acts 17:13 word by word

Ὡς δὲ ἔγνωσαν οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης Ἰουδαῖοι ὅτι καὶ ἐν τῇ Βεροίᾳ κατηγγέλη ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ, ἦλθον κἀκεῖ σαλεύοντες καὶ ταράσσοντες τοὺς ὄχλους.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whenὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• ThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκηThessalonikē · ThessalonicaG2332
• had knowledgeγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• was preachedκαταγγέλλωkataggellō · to proclaimG2605
• ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• atἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• BereaΒέροιαBeroia · BereaG960
• they cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• thither alsoκἀκεῖkakei · and thereG2546
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• stirred upσαλεύωsaleuō · to shakeG4531
• the peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793

Cross-references for Acts 17:13

• Acts 17:5But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
• Matthew 23:13“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews
• Acts 6:12So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.
• Acts 14:2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
• 1 Kings 21:25(There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife.
• Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.
• Proverbs 28:25The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.
• Luke 12:51Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.

Commentaries on Acts 17:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The Jews of Thessalonica - stirred up the people - With what implacable malice did these men persecute the Gospel! And in the same spirit they continue to the present day, though it is evidently the sole cause of their wretchedness.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Stirred up the people - The word used here ́ saleueindenotes properly “to agitate” or “excite,” as the waves of the sea are agitated by the wind. It is with great beauty used to denote the “agitation and excitement of a popular tumult,” from its resemblance to the troubled waves of the ocean. The figure is often employed by the Classic writers, and also occurs in the Scriptures. See Psalm 65:7; Isaiah 17:12-13; Jeremiah 46:7-8.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. 1313. the Jews of Thessalonica ... came thither also--"like hunters upon their prey, as they had done before from Iconium to Lystra" [Howson].Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 17:13

• Berea
• Intolerance, Religious
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Prudence
• Thessalonica

In the dictionaries

• Berea
• God
• Paul
• Thessalonica
• Paul, Saul
• Thessalonica, Thessalonian
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Word of God
• Appoint
• Assurance

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