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Now when they had passed throughAmphipolisandApollonia, they cametoThessalonica,wherewas a synagogue of the Jews:
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AndPaul,as his manner was, went inuntothem,and*threesabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
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Openingandalleging, thatChrist must needs have suffered, and risen againfrom the dead;andthatthisJesus,whom[a]Ipreach unto you,isChrist.
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Andsomeofthembelieved, andconsorted with PaulandSilas;and of the devoutGreeks a greatmultitude,and of the chiefwomennot a few.
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But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy*, took unto themcertainlewdfellows of the baser sort,and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, andassaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bringthemout to the people.
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And when they foundthemnot, they drewJasonandcertainbrethrenunto the rulers of the city,crying*, These that have turned the world upside down are comehitheralso;
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WhomJason hath received: andthesealldocontrary to the decrees of Caesar,saying that there isanotherking, one Jesus.
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And they troubled the peopleand the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
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And when they had takensecurityofJason,and of the other, they letthemgo.
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And the brethrenimmediately sent away*PaulandSilasbynightuntoBerea:whocoming thither wentinto the synagogue of the Jews.