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Acts 17:1

AmphipolisApolloniaThessalonica
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

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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.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 1:1

    Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Philippians 4:16

    For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

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  • Acts 20:4

    And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:1

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

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  • 2 Timothy 4:10

    For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

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  • Acts 17:13

    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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  • Acts 17:11

    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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  • Acts 27:2

    And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

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