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Thesewere more noble than those inThessalonica, in that theyreceived the wordwithall readiness of mind, and searched the scripturesdaily*, whether those thingswereso.
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Therefore*manyofthembelieved; also of honourablewomenwhich were Greeks,and of men,not a few.
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Butwhen the JewsofThessalonica had knowledgethattheword of God was preachedofPaulatBerea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
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Andthenimmediately the brethren sent awayPaul to go as it wereto the sea:but*SilasandTimotheusabodetherestill.
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And they that conductedPaulbroughthimuntoAthens:andreceiving a commandmentuntoSilasandTimotheus for tocometohim with all speed*, they departed.
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Now while Paul waited forthematAthens,hisspirit was stirredinhim, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
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Thereforedisputedhein the synagogue with the Jews,and with the devout persons, andin the marketdaily**with them that met with him.
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Thencertainphilosophers of the Epicureans,and of the Stoicks,encounteredhim.Andsomesaid, Whatwill*thisbabbler[a]say*? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strangegods:because he preached unto themJesus,and the resurrection.
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And they tookhim, and brought himuntoAreopagus,saying, May we knowwhatthisnewdoctrine,whereofthouspeakest, is?
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For thou bringestcertain strange thingstoourears: we wouldknowthereforewhat these thingsmean**.
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(For all the Atheniansandstrangerswhich were there spent their timeinnothingelse, but either to tell, or to hearsome new thing.)