Acts 17:1-15 ▼

1 They passed by the cities of Am-phip’olis and Ap-ol-lo’ni-a, and came to Thessa- lo-ni’ca, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

2 And Paul, as was his custom, went in to join them, and for three sabbaths, he spoke to them from the scriptures,

3 Interpreting and proving that Christ had to suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that he is the same Jesus Christ whom I preach to you.

4 And some of them believed and joined Paul and Silas; and many of them were Greeks who feared God, and many of them were well known women, a goodly number.

5 But the Jews, being jealous, secured a band of bad men from the streets of the city and formed a great mob, who caused disturbances in the city, and who came and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out from it and deliver them to the mob.

6 And when they failed to find them there, they dragged forth Jason and the brethren who were there and brought them before the authorities of the city, crying, These are the men who have created disturbances throughout the world, and behold, they have come here also,

7 And Jason has welcomed them: and all of them are against the decrees of Cæ’sar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

8 The authorities of the city and all the people were alarmed when they heard these things.

9 So they took bail from Jason and some of the brethren and then let them go.

10 Then the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to the city of Be-re’a: and when they arrived there, they entered into the synagogue of the Jews.

11 For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews who were in Thes-sa-lo-ni’ca, in that they gladly heard the word daily, and searched the scriptures to find out if these things were so.

12 And many of them believed; and of the Greeks were many men and notable women.

13 But when the Jews of Thes-sa-lo-ni’ca found out that the word of God was preached by Paul in the city of Be-re’a, they came there also; and ceased not to stir up and alarm the people.

14 Then the brethren sent Paul away to go to the sea; but Silas and Ti-mo’the-us remained in that city.

15 And those who escorted Paul went with him as far as the city of Athens: and when they were leaving him, they received from him an epistle to Silas and Ti-mo’the-us requesting them to come to him in haste.