In Thessalonica
17
When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,
(
A
)
where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue,
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B
)
and on three Sabbath
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C
)
days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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D
)
3
explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer
(
E
)
and rise from the dead.
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F
)
“This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,”
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G
)
he said.
4
Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas,
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H
)
as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
5
But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city.
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I
)
They rushed to Jason’s
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J
)
house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
6
But when they did not find them, they dragged
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K
)
Jason and some other believers
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L
)
before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world
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M
)
have now come here,
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N
)
7
and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”
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O
)
8
When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.
9
Then they made Jason
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P
)
and the others post bond and let them go.
In Berea
10
As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas
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Q
)
away to Berea.
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R
)
On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
(
S
)
11
Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,
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T
)
for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures
(
U
)
every day to see if what Paul said was true.
(
V
)
12
As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
(
W
)
13
But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea,
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X
)
some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up.
14
The believers
(
Y
)
immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas
(
Z
)
and Timothy
(
AA
)
stayed at Berea.
15
Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens
(
AB
)
and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
(
AC
)
