Acts 17:11

The Jews in Thessalonica had not been very willing to listen to God’s message, but the Jews who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened very eagerly to the message about Jesus. Every day they read the Scriptures for themselves to find out if what Paul said about the Messiah was true.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

10So that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas out of Thessalonica to Berea town. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place, on a day when people had gathered there.

12As a result, many of the Jewish people believed in Jesus, and also some of the important non-Jewish women and many non-Jewish men believed in him.

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Cross References

Job 23:12I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

Psalms 119:97I love your laws very much. I ◄meditate on/think about► them all during the day.

Psalms 119:148All during the night I am awake, and I ◄meditate on/think about► what you have ◄promised/said that you would do►.

Proverbs 2:1My son, listen to what I say, and consider my instructions to be as valuable as [MET] a treasure.

Proverbs 9:9If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more.

Isaiah 34:16If you read what is written in the book that contains messages from Yahweh, you will find out what he will do in Edom. All of those animals and birds will be there, and each one will have a mate, because that is what Yahweh has promised, and his Spirit will cause them all to gather there.

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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