Acts 17:1–16

Paul and Silas in Thessalonica

¹Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to ^aThessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

²And ^aaccording to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three ^bSabbaths reasoned with them from ^cthe Scriptures,

³¹explaining and setting before them that the ²Christ ^ahad to suffer and ^brise again from the dead, and saying, “^cThis Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is that ³Christ.”

^4aAnd some of them were persuaded and joined ^bPaul and Silas, ¹along with a great multitude of the ^cGod-fearing ^dGreeks and not a few of the ^eleading women.

⁵But ^athe Jews, becoming jealous, taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob, set the city in an uproar. And attacking the house of ^bJason, they were seeking to bring them out to the assembly.

⁶And when they did not find them, they began ^adragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset ^1bthe world have come here also;

⁷¹and Jason ^ahas welcomed them, and they all act ^bcontrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”

⁸And they disturbed the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.

⁹And when they had received the bond from ^aJason and the others, they released them.

In Berea

^10aAnd the brothers immediately sent ^bPaul and Silas away by night to ^cBerea, ¹and when they arrived, they went into ^dthe synagogue of the Jews.

¹¹Now these were more noble-minded than those in ^aThessalonica, ¹for they received the word with ²great eagerness, ³examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

¹²Therefore ^amany of them believed, along with not a few ^bprominent Greek ^cwomen and men.

¹³But when the Jews of ^aThessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in ^bBerea also, they came there as well, shaking up and disturbing the crowds.

¹⁴Then immediately ^athe brothers sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and ^bSilas and ^cTimothy remained there.

¹⁵Now ^athose who escorted Paul brought him as far as ^bAthens; and after receiving a command for ^cSilas and Timothy to ^dcome to him as soon as possible, they left.

In Athens

¹⁶Now while Paul was waiting for them at ^aAthens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.