The Greek word for “rang out” is execheo, which literally means “to echo out” or “reverberate.” In their culture, this word was used to describe the sound of a trumpet blasting or thunder rolling. It is a big word that captures how effectively the Thessalonians were echoing out the message of the gospel all across Macedonia and Achaia—which constituted a sizable chunk of Greece. In his commentary on this passage, J. Hampton Keathley explores the nature of execheo, explaining that it means “to cause