Study it in the app“Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.”
The Bereans received the word eagerly and examined the Scriptures dailyThe Word of God
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be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appearsnoble-minded
Open and generous in mind.
Where else “eugenesteroi” appearsThessalonica
See it on the mapWhere else “Thessalonikēi” appearswelcome
To gladly take in someone or something.
Where else “edexanto” appearsmessage
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logon” appearseagerness
Eagerness, readiness, willingness.
Where else “prothymias” appearsexamine
To look deeply into something or someone to form a judgment.
Where else “anakrinontes” appearsScripture
Scripture: the sacred text; "the Scriptures", the Old Testament.
Where else “graphas” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeran” appearsbe in state
To be in some state: "those who were sick".
Where else “echoi” appearsThessalonica
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).
10And the brothers at once sent away both Paul and Silas by night to Berea; and they, on arriving, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 · This verse (above)
12So many of them believed, and also of the Greek women of high standing and of men, not a few.
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?
