Acts 17:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 17:14

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.

14 ^aThen immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.

15 So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and ^areceiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.

The Philosophers at Athens

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, ^ahis spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was¹ given over to idols.

17 Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there.

18 Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this² babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them ^aJesus and the resurrection.

19 And they took him and brought him to the¹ Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?

Verse Comparison: Acts 17:14

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American Standard Version
And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.

Amplified® Bible
At once the brethren sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

Contemporary English Version
Right away the followers sent Paul down to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.

Darby English Version
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.

Good News Bible
At once the believers sent Paul away to the coast; but both Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.

International Standard Version
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.

King James Version
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

New American Standard Bible
Then immediately the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there.

New International Version
The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.

New King James Version
Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then immediately the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there.

Young's Literal Translation
and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining there.

New English Translation
Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast¹ at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.²

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