Acts 17:15
Good News Translation
The men who were taking Paul went with him as far as Athens and then returned to Berea with instructions from Paul that Silas and Timothy should join him as soon as possible.

New Revised Standard Version
Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left him.

Contemporary English Version
Some men went with Paul as far as Athens, and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

New American Bible
After Paul’s escorts had taken him to Athens, they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

Athens.

Acts 18:1 After these things, departing from Athens, he came to Corinth.

1 Thessalonians 3:1 For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone.

receiving.

Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was earnest in preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

2 Timothy 4:10,11,20,21 Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia. . . .

Titus 3:12 When I shall send to thee Artemas or Tychicus, make haste to come unto me to Nicopolis. For there I have determined to winter.

Context
The Character of the Bereans
14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go unto the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there. 15And they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him with all speed, they departed. 16Now whilst Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, seeing the city wholly given to idolatry.…
Cross References
Acts 15:3
They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through Phenice and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.

Acts 17:14
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go unto the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there.

Acts 17:16
Now whilst Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, seeing the city wholly given to idolatry.

Acts 17:21
(Now all the Athenians and strangers that were there employed themselves in nothing else, but either in telling or in hearing some new thing.)

Acts 17:22
But Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious.

Acts 18:1
After these things, departing from Athens, he came to Corinth.

Acts 18:5
And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was earnest in preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:1
For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone.

Acts 17:14
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