Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
14The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:25(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
Proverbs 28:25A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Luke 12:51Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Acts 14:2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
Matthew Henry on Acts 17:11-16
The Noble Bereans; Paul and Silas at Berea. 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the… Read the whole commentary →