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Acts 17:1

AmphipolisApolloniaThessalonica
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3 explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

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BSB
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
KJV
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
WEB
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
ASV
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
DARBY
And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.
BLB
And having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
ÅB
Etter at de hadde reist igjennom Amfipolis og Apollonia kom de til Tessalonika, hvor jødene hadde en synagoge.
OTB
Da Paulus og hans følgesvenner reiste gjennom Amfipolis og Apollonia, kom de til Tessalonika, hvor det var en synagoge for jødene.
B1930
Efterat de hadde reist igjennem Amfipolis og Apollonia, kom de til Tessalonika, hvor jødene hadde en synagoge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • 1 Thessalonians 1:1

    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.

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  • Philippians 4:16

    For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.

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  • Acts 20:4

    Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:1

    Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

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  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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  • Acts 17:13

    But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

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  • Acts 17:11

    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

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  • Acts 27:2

    We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

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