Acts 17:1-15

Paul at Thessalonica

1 Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to ¹Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

2 And ²according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three ³Sabbaths reasoned with them from ⁴the Scriptures,

3 explaining and giving evidence that the Christ ⁵had to suffer and ⁶rise again from the dead, and saying, "⁷This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."

4 ⁸And some of them were persuaded and joined ⁹Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the ¹⁰God-fearing ¹¹Greeks and a number * of the ¹²leading women.

5 But ¹³the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of ¹⁴Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.

6 When they did not find them, they began ¹⁵dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have upset ¹⁶the world have come here also;

7 and Jason ¹⁷has welcomed them, and they all act ¹⁸contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."

8 They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

9 And when they had received a pledge from ¹⁹Jason and the others, they released them.

Paul at Berea

10 ²⁰The brethren immediately sent ²¹Paul and Silas away by night to ²²Berea, and when they arrived, they went into ²³the synagogue of the Jews.

11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in ²⁴Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily * to see whether these things were so.

12 Therefore ²⁵many of them believed, along with a number * of ²⁶prominent Greek ²⁷women and men.

13 But when the Jews of ²⁸Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in ²⁹Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

14 Then immediately ³⁰the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and ³¹Silas and ³²Timothy remained there.

15 Now ³³those who escorted Paul brought him as far as ³⁴Athens; and receiving a command for ³⁵Silas and Timothy to ³⁶come to him as soon as possible, they left.

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Cross References 36

1. Acts 17:11, 13; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2; Philippians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Timothy 4:10
2. Acts 9:20; Acts 17:10, 17
3. Acts 13:14
4. Acts 8:35
5. Acts 3:18
6. John 20:9
7. Acts 9:22; Acts 18:5, 28
8. Acts 14:4
9. Acts 15:22, 40; Acts 17:10, 14
10. Acts 13:43; Acts 17:17
11. John 7:35
12. Acts 13:50
13. Acts 17:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:14f
14. Acts 17:6, 7, 9; Romans 16:21
15. Acts 16:19
16. Matthew 24:14; Acts 17:31
17. Luke 10:38; James 2:25
18. Luke 23:2
19. Acts 17:5
20. Acts 1:15; Acts 17:6, 14
21. Acts 17:4
22. Acts 17:13; Acts 20:4
23. Acts 17:1
24. Acts 17:1
25. Acts 2:47
26. Mark 15:43
27. Acts 13:50
28. Acts 17:1
29. Acts 17:10; Acts 20:4
30. Acts 1:15; Acts 17:6, 10
31. Acts 15:22; Acts 17:4, 10
32. Acts 16:1
33. Acts 15:3
34. Acts 17:16, 21; Acts 18:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:1
35. Acts 17:14
36. Acts 18:5

Footnotes 13

[a]. Lit "opening"
[b]. Lit "placing before"
[c]. I.e. Messiah
[d]. I.e. Messiah
[e]. Lit "and a large"
[f]. Lit "not a few"
[g]. Lit "the inhabited earth"
[h]. Lit "whom Jason has welcomed"
[i]. Or "bond"
[j]. Lit "who when...arrived went"
[k]. Lit "who received"
[l]. Lit "all"
[m]. Lit "and not a few"