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Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
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Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.
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But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.
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And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.
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But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.
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Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.
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So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.
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And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
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And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?
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For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
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(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)