Acts 17:14
12 As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
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.
The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
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Compare
- BSB
- The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
- KJV
- And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
- WEB
- Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
- ASV
- And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.
- DARBY
- And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.
- BLB
- And then immediately the brothers sent away Paul to go as to the sea. And both Silas and Timothy remained there.
- ÅB
- Da sendte brødrene Paulus straks avsted mot kysten, mens Silas og Timoteus ble værende igjen.
- OTB
- De troende sendte straks Paulus til kysten, mens Silas og Timoteus ble igjen i Berøa.
- B1930
- Straks sendte da brødrene Paulus avsted på veien til havet; men både Silas og Timoteus blev tilbake der.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 17:10
As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Read in contextMatthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Read in contextActs 16:1
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
Read in contextActs 9:25
One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
Read in contextActs 9:30
When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
Read in contextActs 20:3
where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
Read in contextActs 19:22
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
Read in contextJoshua 2:16
“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
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