Acts 17:1–16

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to ^aThessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: ²And Paul, ^bas his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them ^cout of the scriptures, ^3dOpening and alleging, that ^eChrist must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this ^fJesus, ^||whom I preach unto you, is Christ. ^4gAnd some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and ^hSilas; and of the ⁱdevout ^kGreeks a great multitude, and of ^lthe chief women not a few. ⁵But ^mthe Jews which believed not, ⁿmoved with envy, took unto them certain ^olewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of ^pJason, and sought to bring them out to the people. ⁶And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain ^qbrethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, ^rThese that have ^sturned ^tthe world upside down are come hither also; ⁷Whom Jason hath ^ureceived: and these all do contrary to the ^vdecrees of Caesar, ^wsaying that there is another king, one Jesus. ⁸And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. ⁹And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

¹⁰And ^qthe brethren immediately ^xsent away Paul and ^hSilas by night unto Berea: who coming thither ^bwent into the synagogue of the Jews. ¹¹These were more ^ynoble than those in ^aThessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and ^zsearched the scriptures ^adaily, whether those things were so. ¹²Therefore many of them believed; also of ^bhonourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. ¹³But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at ^cBerea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. ¹⁴And then immediately the brethren ^dsent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but ^eSilas and ^fTimotheus abode there still. ¹⁵And they that ^gconducted Paul brought him unto ^hAthens: and ⁱreceiving a commandment unto ^eSilas and ^fTimotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

^16*kNow while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city ^||wholly given to idolatry.