King James Version
What Does Acts 17:10 Mean?
“And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.”
Context
8
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily , whether those things were so.
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Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(10) **Sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea.**—Timotheus apparently remained behind, partly to help the Thessalonian converts under their present trials, partly to be able to bring word to St. Paul as to their condition. At Berœa Paul and Silas were alone. The city lay to the south of Thessalonica, not far from Pella, on the banks of the Astræus, and still retains its name in the modern *Kara Feria, *or *Verria.* It has now a population of 20,000. Here also there was a Jewish population, but the city was a far less important place commercially than Thessalonica.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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