Acts 17:11

These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with great readiness, and daily examined the scriptures to see if what was said was true.

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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.

In Context

10That very night the followers sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea; and on reaching that place, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

12As a consequence, many of them became believers in Christ, besides a considerable number of Greek women of position, and of men also.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:97O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.

Psalms 119:148Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.

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 →

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