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8 And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.
9 So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

Ministering at Berea

10 Then athe brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.  
11 These were more1 fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and asearched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.  
12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.
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Acts 17:10

Immediately by night (euqewv dia nuktov). Paul's work had not been in vain in Thessalonica (I Thessalonians 1:7 f.; I Thessalonians 2:13, I Thessalonians 2:20). Paul loved the church here. Two of them, Aristarchus and Secundus, will accompany him to Jerusalem (Acts 20:4) and Aristarchus will go on with him to Rome (Acts 27:2). Plainly Paul and Silas had been in hiding in Thessalonica and in real danger. After his departure severe persecution came to the Christians in Thessalonica (I Thessalonians 2:14; I Thessalonians 3:1-5; II Thessalonians 1:6). It is possible that there was an escort of Gentile converts with Paul and Silas on this night journey to Beroea which was about fifty miles southwest from Thessalonica near Pella in another district of Macedonia (Emathia). There is a modern town there of some 6,000 people.

Went (aphesan). Imperfect third plural active of apeimi, old verb to go away, here alone in the N.T. A literary, almost Atticistic, form instead of aphlqon.

Into the synagogue of the Jews (eiv thn sunagwghn twn Ioudaiwn). Paul's usual custom and he lost no time about it. Enough Jews here to have a synagogue.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 17:10:

Acts 13:4
Acts 16:40
Acts 19:31

 

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