“You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!

And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.

Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following.

Some shouted one thing and some another. Since he couldn’t find out the truth in all the uproar and confusion, he ordered that Paul be taken to the fortress.

You can find out the truth of our accusations by examining him yourself.”

But Paul replied, “I am not insane, Most Excellent Festus. What I am saying is the sober truth.