^17:10The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea³⁸ at once, during the night. When they arrived,³⁹ they went to the Jewish synagogue.⁴⁰^17:11These Jews⁴¹ were more open-minded⁴² than those in Thessalonica,⁴³ for they eagerly⁴⁴ received⁴⁵ the message, examining⁴⁶ the scriptures carefully every day⁴⁷ to see if these things were so.

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Acts 17:11: Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Footnotes

38 Berea (alternate spelling in Beroea; Greek Beroia) was a very old city in Macedonia on the river Astraeus about 45 mi (75 km) west of Thessalonica. For location see ; ; ; .
39 Grk “who arriving there, went to.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (οἵτινες, hoitines) has been left untranslated and a new English sentence begun. The participle παραγενόμενοι (paragenomenoi) has been taken temporally.
40 See the note on synagogue in .
41 Grk “These”; the referent (the Jews in the synagogue at Berea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
42 Or “more willing to learn.” L&N 27.48 and εὐγενής 2 both use the term “open-minded” here. The point is that they were more receptive to Paul’s message.
43 Thessalonica was a city in Macedonia (modern Salonica). For location see ; ; ; .
44 Or “willingly,” “readily”; Grk “with all eagerness.”
45 Grk “who received.” Here the relative pronoun (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“they”) preceded by a semicolon, which is less awkward in contemporary English than a relative clause at this point.
46 This verb ( ἀνακρίνω 1) refers to careful examination.
47 ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase in this verse.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As soon as it was night, the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. Upon arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

NLTNew Living Translation

That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now the brothers sent away both Paul and Silas at once, during the night, to Berea. They went into the synagogue of the Jews when they arrived. Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. They accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day to see if these things were so.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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