17:1 After they traveled through ¹  Amphipolis ²  and Apollonia, ³  they came to Thessalonica, ⁴  where there was a Jewish synagogue. ⁵  17:2 Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, ⁶  as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed ⁷  them from the scriptures, 17:3 explaining and demonstrating ⁸  that the Christ ⁹  had to suffer and to rise from the dead, ¹⁰  saying, ¹¹  “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.” ¹²  17:4 Some of them were persuaded ¹³  and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group ¹⁴  of God-fearing Greeks ¹⁵  and quite a few ¹⁶  prominent women. 17:5 But the Jews became jealous, ¹⁷  and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, ¹⁸  they formed a mob ¹⁹  and set the city in an uproar. ²⁰  They attacked Jason’s house, ²¹  trying to find Paul and Silas ²²  to bring them out to the assembly. ²³  17:6 When they did not find them, they dragged ²⁴  Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, ²⁵  screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble ²⁶  throughout the world ²⁷  have come here too, 17:7 and ²⁸  Jason has welcomed them as guests! They ²⁹  are all acting against Caesar’s ³⁰  decrees, saying there is another king named ³¹  Jesus!” ³²  17:8 They caused confusion among ³³  the crowd and the city officials ³⁴  who heard these things. 17:9 After ³⁵  the city officials ³⁶  had received bail ³⁷  from Jason and the others, they released them.

17:10 The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea ³⁸  at once, during the night. When they arrived, ³⁹  they went to the Jewish synagogue. ⁴⁰  17:11 These Jews ⁴¹  were more open-minded ⁴²  than those in Thessalonica, ⁴³  for they eagerly ⁴⁴  received ⁴⁵  the message, examining ⁴⁶  the scriptures carefully every day ⁴⁷  to see if these things were so. 17:12 Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few ⁴⁸  prominent ⁴⁹  Greek women and men. 17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica ⁵⁰  heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God ⁵¹  in Berea, ⁵²  they came there too, inciting ⁵³  and disturbing ⁵⁴  the crowds. 17:14 Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast ⁵⁵  at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea. ⁵⁶  17:15 Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, ⁵⁷  and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left. ⁵⁸