Acts 17:7-17
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7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
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8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
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9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
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10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
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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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12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
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13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
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14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
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15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
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16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
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17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.