Paul and Silas in Thessalonica
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
1Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
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And Paul went in,
2as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them
3from the Scriptures,
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4explaining and proving that it was necessary for
5the Christ to suffer and
6to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ. ”
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And
7some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did
8a great many of the devout
9Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
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10But the Jews
11were jealous, and taking
12some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.
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And when they could not find them,
13they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
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and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against
14the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is
15another king, Jesus. ”
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And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.
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And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Paul and Silas in Berea
10 16The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they
17went into the Jewish synagogue.
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Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness,
18examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
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19Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek
20women of high standing as well as men.
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But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too,
21agitating and stirring up the crowds.
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Then the brothers
22immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and
23Timothy remained there.
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24Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as
25Athens, and after receiving a command
26for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.