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The brethren at once sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea, and they, on their arrival, went to the synagogue of the Jews.
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The Jews at Beroea were of a nobler disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they very readily received the Message, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether it was as Paul stated.
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As the result many of them became believers, and so did not a few of the Greeks--gentlewomen of good position, and men.
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As soon, however, as the Jews of Thessalonica learnt that God's Message had been proclaimed by Paul at Beroea, they came there also, and incited the mob to a riot.
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Then the brethren promptly sent Paul down to the sea-coast, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.
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Those who were caring for Paul's safety went with him as far as Athens, and then left him, taking a message from him to Silas and Timothy, asking them to join him as speedily as possible.
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While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred within him when he noticed that the city was full of idols.
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So he had discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and the other worshippers, and in the market place, day after day, with those whom he happened to meet.
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A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him. Some of them asked, "What has this beggarly babbler to say?" "His business," said others, "seems to be to cry up some foreign gods." This was because he had been telling the Good News of Jesus and the Resurrection.
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Then they took him and brought him up to the Areopagus, asking him, "May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?
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For the things you are saying sound strange to us. We should therefore like to be told exactly what they mean."