Acts 17:13

As soon as the Jews in Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came there, and stirred up and troubled the crowds.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.

In Context

12So many of them became believers, and so did not a few Greeks, women of honorable estate, and men.

14Then the brothers at once sent Paul down to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

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Cross References

Luke 12:51"Do you think that I am come to make peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather dissension.

Acts 14:2But the disobedient Jews stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and embittered them against them against the brothers.

Acts 21:27But when the seven days were almost over, the Asiatic Jews caught sight of him in the temple, and began to stir up all the crowd, and laid hands on him, shouting.

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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