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Andδὲwhen they had traveled throughΔιοδεύσαντεςAmphipolisτὴν ἈμφίπολινandκαὶApollonia,τὴν Ἀπολλωνίανthey cameἦλθονtoεἰςThessalonica,Θεσσαλονίκηνwhereὅπουthere wasἦνa synagogueσυναγωγὴof the Jews.τῶν Ἰουδαίων
Acts 17:1
Study it in the app“And when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 17:1, word by word
- when they had traveled throughΔιοδεύσαντεςDiodeusantes
go through
Go through, travel through.
Where else “Diodeusantes” appears- AmphipolisἈμφίπολινAmphipolin
Amphipolis
Amphipolis, a city of Macedonia.
Where else “Amphipolin” appears- ApolloniaἈπολλωνίανApollōnian
Apollonia
Apollonia, a city of Macedonia.
Where else “Apollōnian” appears- they cameἦλθονēlthon
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthon” appears- ThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκηνThessalonikēn
Thessalonica
See it on the mapWhere else “Thessalonikēn” appears- whereὅπουhopou
where
Where, wherever.
Where else “hopou” appears- there wasἦνēn
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “ēn” appears- a synagogueσυναγωγὴsynagōgē
synagogue
Synagogue: the gathering of Jews to read Scripture and pray, and the building where they met.
Where else “synagōgē” appears- of the JewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōn
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appears
Places in this verse
Thessalonica
Today: Thessaloniki, Greece
A port city of Macedonia in northern Greece; today it is Thessaloniki.
Paul taught in its synagogue on three Sabbaths and some believed (Acts 17:1-4). He wrote two letters to its assembly (1 Thess 1:1).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And according to Paul’s custom, he went in to them, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
To study Acts 17 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people of Berea do with what Paul said, and what came of it? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
In Athens, Paul starts from the altar "to an unknown god" (vv. 22-23). Why does he begin with something they already knew?
3. How I live it
When talking with someone who thinks differently, how can you start from what you share and listen with respect?