Acts 17:13

And when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul in the city of Berea, they came thither also, and they ceased not to excite and alarm the people.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

12And many of them believed; and so likewise of the Greeks, many men, and women of note.

14And the brethren sent away Paul, that he might go down to the sea. But Silas and Timothy abode in that city.

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Cross References

Luke 12:51Suppose ye, that I have come to produce tranquillity on the earth? I tell you, No: but division.

Acts 14:2But Jews of the class of unbelievers, excited the Gentiles, to maltreat the brethren.

Acts 21:27And when the seventh day arrived, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple: and they excited all the people against him, and laid hands on 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 →

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