Acts 17:10-21

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Paul and Silas in Berea

¹⁰^(A)The brothers^[a] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they ^(B)went into the Jewish synagogue. ¹¹Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ^(C)examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. ¹²^(D)Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek ^(E)women of high standing as well as men. ¹³But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, ^(F)agitating and stirring up the crowds. ¹⁴Then the brothers ^(G)immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and ^(H)Timothy remained there. ¹⁵^(I)Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as ^(J)Athens, and after receiving a command ^(K)for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

Paul in Athens

¹⁶Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was ^(L)provoked within him as he saw that the city was ^(M)full of idols. ¹⁷So ^(N)he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. ¹⁸Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, ^(O)“What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because ^(P)he was preaching ^(Q)Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹And they took him and brought him to ^(R)the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this ^(S)new teaching is that you are presenting? ²⁰For you bring some ^(T)strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” ²¹Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.