Study it in the app“But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.”
Butδὲwhenὡςthe Jewsοἱ ἸουδαῖοιfromἀπὸThessalonicaτῆς Θεσσαλονίκηςlearnedἔγνωσανthatὅτιthe wordὁ λόγοςof Godτοῦ θεοῦhad been proclaimedκατηγγέληbyὑπὸPaulτοῦ ΠαύλουinἐνBereaτῇ Βεροίᾳalso,καὶthey cameἦλθονthere too,κἀκεῖagitatingσαλεύοντεςandκαὶstirring upταράσσοντεςthe crowds.τοὺς ὄχλους
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appearsThessalonica
See it on the mapWhere else “Thessalonikēs” appearsfind out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “egnōsan” appearsmessage
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logos” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsproclaim
Proclaim, announce publicly.
Where else “katēngelē” appearsPaul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulou” appearsBerea
See it on the mapWhere else “Beroiai” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthon” appearsand there
And there.
Where else “kakei” appearsstir up
To stir up a crowd.
Where else “saleuontes” appearstrouble
To take away others' peace, confuse them.
Where else “tarassontes” appearscrowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlous” appears1Thessalonica
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).
2Berea
Today: Veria (Berea), northern Greece
A city of Macedonia in northern Greece, about 43 miles (70 km) west of Thessalonica.
The Bereans received the word eagerly and checked the Scriptures every day (Acts 17:11).
12So many of them believed, and also of the Greek women of high standing and of men, not a few.
13 · This verse (above)
14So then the brothers at once sent off Paul to go as far as the sea, and both Silas and Timothy remained there.
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?
