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whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.
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And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.
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And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.
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But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.
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And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.
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Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.
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But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.
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And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.
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But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
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But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.
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He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.