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Acts 17:1
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Paul and Silas traveled on through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue.
Acts 17:2
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According to his usual habit Paul went to the synagogue. There during three Sabbaths he held discussions with the people, quoting
Acts 17:3
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and explaining the Scriptures, and proving from them that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from death. "This Jesus whom I announce to you," Paul said, "is the Messiah."
Acts 17:4
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Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas; so did many of the leading women and a large group of Greeks who worshiped God.
Acts 17:5
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But some Jews were jealous and gathered worthless loafers from the streets and formed a mob. They set the whole city in an uproar and attacked the home of a man named Jason, in an attempt to find Paul and Silas and bring them out to the people.
Acts 17:10
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As soon as night came, the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived, they went to the synagogue.
Acts 17:11
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The people there were more open-minded than the people in Thessalonica. They listened to the message with great eagerness, and every day they studied the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was really true.
Acts 17:13
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But when the Jews in Thessalonica heard that Paul had preached the word of God in Berea also, they came there and started exciting and stirring up the mobs.
Acts 17:14
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At once the believers sent Paul away to the coast; but both Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
Acts 17:15
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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.
Acts 17:16
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While Paul was waiting in Athens for Silas and Timothy, he was greatly upset when he noticed how full of idols the city was.
Acts 17:18
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Certain Epicurean and Stoic teachers also debated with him. Some of them asked, "What is this ignorant show-off trying to say?" Others answered, "He seems to be talking about foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 17:19
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So they took Paul, brought him before the city council, the Areopagus, and said, "We would like to know what this new teaching is that you are talking about.
Acts 17:22
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Paul stood up in front of the city council and said, "I see that in every way you Athenians are very religious.
Acts 17:32
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When they heard Paul speak about a raising from death, some of them made fun of him, but others said, "We want to hear you speak about this again."
Acts 17:33
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And so Paul left the meeting.
Acts 18:1
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After this, Paul left Athens and went on to Corinth.
Acts 18:2
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There he met a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, for Emperor Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
Acts 18:5
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When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul gave his whole time to preaching the message, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.
Acts 18:9
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One night Paul had a vision in which the Lord said to him, "Do not be afraid, but keep on speaking and do not give up,
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