Acts 17:13
But when the Jews in Thessalonica heard that Paul was also spreading the word of God in Berea, they went there and caused the same kind of trouble, stirring up the crowds.
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12As a result many of them became believers, along with some highly-placed Greek women and men.
14Immediately the believers sent Paul to the coast, while Silas and Timothy remained behind.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:25(No one else was so bad as Ahab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the Lord's sight, because his wife Jezebel encouraged him.
Proverbs 28:25Greedy people stir up trouble, but those who trust in the Lord will be successful.
Luke 12:51Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, I bring division.
Acts 14:2But the Jews that refused to believe in Jesus stirred up the feelings of the foreigners, and poisoned them against the believers.
Acts 21:27The seven days were almost over when some Jews from Asia saw Paul in the Temple and incited the crowd against him 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 →