Acts 17:10-11

Paul at Berea

10 ¹The brethren immediately sent ²Paul and Silas away by night to ³Berea, and when they arrived, they went into ⁴the synagogue of the Jews.

11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in ⁵Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily * to see whether these things were so.

Acts 17:10-11 In-Context

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cross References

• 1. Acts 1:15; Acts 17:6, 14
• 2. Acts 17:4
• 3. Acts 17:13; Acts 20:4
• 4. Acts 17:1
• 5. Acts 17:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "who when...arrived went"
• [b]. Lit "who received"
• [c]. Lit "all"