Acts of the Apostles Chapter 17 Vs 1-15
Paul in Thessalonica.1When they took the road through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they reached Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.a2Following his usual custom, Paul joined them, and for three sabbaths he entered into discussions with them from the scriptures,3expounding and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, and that "This is the Messiah, Jesus, whom I proclaim to you."b4Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas; so, too, a great number of Greeks who were worshipers, and not a few of the prominent women.5But the Jews became jealous and recruited some worthless men loitering in the public square, formed a mob, and set the city in turmoil. They marched on the house of Jason,c intending to bring them before the people's assembly.6* When they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city magistrates, shouting, "These people who have been creating a disturbance all over the world have now come here,7and Jason has welcomed them.d They all act in opposition to the decrees of Caesar and claim instead that there is another king, Jesus."*8They stirred up the crowd and the city magistrates who, upon hearing these charges,9took a surety payment from Jason and the others before releasing them.
Paul in Beroea.10The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas to Beroea during the night. Upon arrival they went to the synagogue of the Jews.11These Jews were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all willingness and examined the scriptures daily to determine whether these things were so.e12Many of them became believers, as did not a few of the influential Greek women and men.13But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God had now been proclaimed by Paul in Beroea also, they came there too to cause a commotion and stir up the crowds.14So the brothers at once sent Paul on his way to the seacoast, while Silas and Timothy remained behind.f15After Paul's escorts had taken him to Athens, they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.