Acts 17:1-16 ▼

1 And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where the synagogue of the Jews was,

2 and according to the custom of Paul, he went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

3 opening and alleging that it was necessary [for] the Christ to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that “this is the Christ—Jesus whom I proclaim to you.”

4 And certain of them believed, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also a great multitude of the worshiping Greeks, also not a few of the principal women.

5 And the Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to themselves certain evil men of the agitators, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having also assailed the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,

6 and having not found them, they drew Jason and certain brothers to the city rulers, calling aloud, “These, having put the world in commotion, are also present here,

7 whom Jason has received; and all these do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king—Jesus.”

8 And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,

9 and having taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10 And the brothers immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went into the synagogue of the Jews;

11 and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Writings every day [to see] whether those things were so;

12 therefore, many of them, indeed, believed, and not a few of the honorable Greek women and men.

13 And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God declared by Paul, they came there also, agitating the multitudes;

14 and then immediately the brothers sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timotheus were remaining there.

15 And those conducting Paul, brought him to Athens, and having received a command to Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come to him, they departed;

16 and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,