Acts 17:1-12 ▼

1 And, having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews;

2 and, according to Paul's custom, he went in to them; and for three sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3 opening and setting forth that it was necessary that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that "This Jesus Whom I am proclaiming to you, is the Christ."

4 And some of them were persuaded, and cast in their lot with Paul and Silas; also, of the devout Greeks, a great number; and, of the principal women, not a few.

5 But the Jews, moved with jealousy, and taking to themselves certain evil men of the rabble, and gathering a multitude, were setting the city in an uproar; and, assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking them to lead them , forth to the populace.

6 But, not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, shouting, "These who turned the inhabited earth upside down are present here also;

7 whom Jason has received; and these all are acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that "There is Another King—Jesus!"

8 And they troubled the multitude and the city-rulers, hearing these things;

9 and, having taken security from Jason and the rest, they released them.

10 But the brethren straightway sent away both Paul and Silas by night to Beraea; who, indeed, having arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

11 And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

12 Many, of them, therefore, believed; also, of the reputable Grecian women, and of men, not a few.