Acts 17:2-12

2 And ¹according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three ²Sabbaths reasoned with them from ³the Scriptures,

3 explaining and giving evidence that the Christ ⁴had to suffer and ⁵rise again from the dead, and saying, "⁶This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."

4 ⁷And some of them were persuaded and joined ⁸Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the ⁹God-fearing ¹⁰Greeks and a number * of the ¹¹leading women.

5 But ¹²the 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 ¹³Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.

6 When they did not find them, they began ¹⁴dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have upset ¹⁵the world have come here also;

7 and Jason ¹⁶has welcomed them, and they all act ¹⁷contrary 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 ¹⁸Jason and the others, they released them.

Paul at Berea

10 ¹⁹The brethren immediately sent ²⁰Paul and Silas away by night to ²¹Berea, and when they arrived, they went into ²²the synagogue of the Jews.

11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in ²³Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily * to see whether these things were so.

12 Therefore ²⁴many of them believed, along with a number * of ²⁵prominent Greek ²⁶women and men.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [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"