Acts 17:14

14 Then the brethren promptly sent Paul down to the sea-coast, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

Acts 17:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 17:14

And then immediately the brethren
That were at Berea, the new converts there:

sent away Paul,
whom they knew the Jews mostly sought after, and were offended with:

to go as it were to the sea;
the Aegean sea, or Archipelago, near to which Berea was: this seems to have been done, in order to make the people conclude that he intended to take shipping, and go into some other parts of the world, when the design was to go to Athens by foot, and so be safe from any lying in wait of his persecutors: the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions read, "to go to the sea"; to the sea side, whither it seems he did go; and yet it looks as if he did not go by sea, but by land, to Athens:

but Silas and Timotheus abode there still;
at Berea, to confirm and strengthen the young converts there made.

Acts 17:14 In-Context

12 As the result many of them became believers, and so did not a few of the Greeks--gentlewomen of good position, and men.

13 As soon, however, as the Jews of Thessalonica learnt that God's Message had been proclaimed by Paul at Beroea, they came there also, and incited the mob to a riot.

14 Then the brethren promptly sent Paul down to the sea-coast, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

15 Those who were caring for Paul's safety went with him as far as Athens, and then left him, taking a message from him to Silas and Timothy, asking them to join him as speedily as possible.

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred within him when he noticed that the city was full of idols.