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Verse Acts 17:10. _SENT AWAY PAUL AND SILAS BY NIGHT_] Fearing some
farther machinations of the Jews and their associates.
_BEREA_] This was another city of Macedonia, on the same gulf with
Thessalon...
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AND THE BRETHREN IMMEDIATELY SENT AWAY PAUL AND SILAS - Compare Acts
9:25. They did this for their safety. Yet this was not done until the
gospel had taken deep root in Thessalonica. Having preached t...
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CHAPTER 17
_ 1. The Gospel in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1)._
2. The Gospel in Beroea (Acts 17:10).
3. Paul in Athens (Acts 17:15).
Three cities in which the Gospel is next preached are before us in
thi...
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THROUGH BERŒ A TO ATHENS. Berœ a was a populous place but off the
main route. Paul and Silas at once go to the synagogue; by this time
we should think they could scarcely look to the synagogue with ho...
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IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
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The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Beroea by night.
When they arrived there they came into the synagogue of the Jews.
These were men of finer character than those in Thessalonica and...
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IMMEDIATELY. Greek. _eutheos._
SENT AWAY. Greek. _ekpempo._ App-174. Only here and Acts 13:4.
BY NIGHT. through (Greek. _dia._ App-104.Acts 17:1; Acts 17:1) the
night.
BEREA. About thirty miles to t...
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PAUL AND SILAS SENT AWAY TO BERŒA. NOBLE CHARACTER OF THE BERŒANS.
THE JEWS FROM THESSALONICA FOLLOW AFTER PAUL, AND BY REASON OF THEIR
ENMITY HE IS CONDUCTED TO ATHENS...
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ΔΙᾺ ΝΥΚΤΌΣ, _by night_. The preposition refers to the time
within (_during_) which the action took place.
ἘΞΈΠΕΜΨΑΝ ΤΌΝ ΤΕ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΝ ΚΑῚ ΤῸΝ
ΣΊΛΑΝ, _they sent away Paul and Silas_. The after-conduct of...
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_THE NOBLE CONDUCT OF THE BEREANS ACTS 17:10-15:_ Out of love for
their spiritual fathers and concern for their safety the brethren sent
Paul and Silas to Berea. They were sent out at night to preserv...
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ΔΙΑ ΝΥΚΤΌΣ (G1223; G3571) ночью, в течение
или во время ночи (IBG, 56).
ΈΞΈΠΕΜΨΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΚΠΈΜΠΩ (G1599)
высылать, отправлять. О городе Верия
_см._ Gill, "Macedonia" BAFCS, 2:415-16; СН,...
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BEREA— Was another city of Macedonia, not far from Pella, the
birth-place of Alexander the Great. There is a peculiar spirit and
propriety in the expression, _These were more noble,_ &c. As the Jews
b...
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PASSING THROUGH THE CITIES OF AMPHIPOLIS AND APOLLONIA. Acts 17:1 a.
Acts 17:1
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,
ACTS 17:1 A
For a brief description of these towns you are...
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AT BEREA. Acts 17:10 b - Acts 17:14 a.
Acts 17:10 b
unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogues
of the Jews.
Acts 17:11
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10. Such was the state of feeling in the city that Paul and Silas saw
no prospect of accomplishing good by further efforts, while the
attempt would have been hazardous to the lives of brethren. (10)
...
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And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
AND THE BRETHREN IMMEDIATELY SENT AWAY PAUL AND SILAS BY NIGHT - f...
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1 Luke seems to have remained behind at Philippi, for the narrative
now proceeds in the third person. Timothy also tarried, for no one was
more genuinely solicitous of the welfare of the infant eccles...
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SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED)
1-15. Thessalonica and Berœa.
1. Amphipolis] 32 m. W. of Philippi.
APOLLONIA] 30 m. W. of Amphipolis.
THESSALONICA] now Salonika, was the capital of the provin...
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BEREA (Berœa)] a Macedonian town of some importance, 50 m. SW. of
Thessalonica. To this 'out of the way' place (Cicero) St. Paul
retreated, probably for rest and quiet....
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 17
PAUL AND SILAS GO TO THESSALONICA, 17:1-4
V1 Paul and Silas travelled through Amphipolis and Apollonia. They
came to Thessalonica. There was...
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SENT AWAY PAUL AND SILAS BY NIGHT UNTO BEREA. — Timotheus apparently
remained behind, partly to help the Thessalonian converts under their
present trials, partly to be able to bring word to St. Paul a...
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CHAPTER 12
ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA.
Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10
TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels.
He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, followin...
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CHAPTER 12
ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA.
Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10
TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels.
He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, followin...
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εὐθέως … ἐξέπεμ.: there was need of immediate action,
either in obedience to the direct charge of the magistrates that Paul
should not come again to Thessalonica, or from danger of a revival of
the tu...
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PERSECUTION SPREADS THE TRUTH
Acts 17:1
_ Thessalonica._ Slowly Paul made his way among the great cities of
Greece. He was sowing seeds of which others would reap the harvest.
His one theme was the _...
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At Thessalonica and Berea the apostle visited the synagogues, and
again in each case persecution arose from the Jews. A sentence which
fell from the lips of the leader of the mob shows with what rapid...
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Preaching in Thessalonica
Luke did not tell Theophilus why Paul passed through Amphipolis and
Apollonia. He did explain that the next stop on this second missionary
tour was Thessalonica, where there...
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Preaching in Berea
Paul and Silas immediately entered the synagogue to teach. Rather than
base their decisions on the traditional teachings of man, the Bereans
carefully examined the word of God to de...
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(4) And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night
unto Berea: who coming [thither] went into the synagogue of the Jews.
(4) That is indeed the wisdom of the Spirit which always sets...
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_Synagogue. In flying from the face of persecution in due season, St.
Paul imitated the instruction and example of his master. When his
labours are unsuccessful in one place, he renews them in another...
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Now leaving Timothy at Thessalonica to continue the meeting, Paul,
Silas and Luke continue their journey southward, fifty-seven miles to
Berea, also a prominent city, where there is a synagogue of the...
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And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. (11)
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
r...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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10._They sent them out to Berea. _Hereby it appeareth that Paul’s
labor brought forth fruit in a small time; for though the brethren
send forth him and Silas, yet they adjoin themselves as voluntary...
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In the last case it was the power exercised by the enemy over the
passions of the Gentiles that caused the persecution of the apostles:
at Thessalonica we again find the old and universal enmity of th...
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AND THE BRETHREN,.... The believers in Thessalonica, the young
converts there, who were full of love and affection to their spiritual
fathers:
IMMEDIATELY SENT AWAY PAUL AND SILAS BY NIGHT UNTO BEREA...
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And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming _thither_ went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Ver. 10. _Went into the synagogue_] As he had done before at
Thess...
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_And they troubled the people and the rulers_ As the charge was formed
in such a manner that their neglecting it might render them obnoxious
to the Romans, both the multitude and the magistrates of th...
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BEREA; a city of Macedonia south-west of Thessalonica....
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AND THE BRETHREN IMMEDIATELY SENT AWAY PAUL AND SILAS BY NIGHT UNTO
BEREA, WHO, COMING THITHER, WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS....
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Preaching in Berea:...
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From Philippi Paul and his company travelled westward in Greece to
Thessalonica (also in Macedonia). A Jewish synagogue being there, they
attended this for three sabbath days, reasoning with the Jews...
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THEN THE BRETHREN IMMEDIATELY SENT PAUL AND SILAS AWAY BY NIGHT TO
BEREA. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS.
1. Realizing that it was no longer safe for Paul and Silas, they...
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"By night" The new Christians here get Paul and Silas out of town at
night, probably because Paul's enemies in Thessalonica would have
still harmed him if they could find him. We are not sure how long...
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10-15 The Jews in Berea applied seriously to the study of the word
preached unto them. They not only heard Paul preach on the sabbath,
but daily searched the Scriptures, and compared what they read w...
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BEREA; a city of Macedonia, not far from Pella and Thessalonica. WENT
INTO THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS; they went still first unto the lost
sheep of the house of Israel; in which Paul's invincible love,...
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10. Such was the state of feeling in the city that Paul and Silas saw
no prospect of accomplishing good by further efforts, while the
attempt would have been hazardous to the lives of brethren. (10) ...
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Acts 17:10 Then G1161 brethren G80 immediately G2112 sent G1599 Paul
G3972 and G2532 Silas G4609 away G1599 ...
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‘And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to
Berea, who when they were come there went into the synagogue of the
Jews.'
Recognising the unpleasant nature of some of the people wh...
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PAUL'S MINISTRY IN EUROPE AND THEN IN EPHESUS (17:1-19:20).
Ministry in Europe (17:1-18:22).
Fruitful Ministry in Thessalonica and Berea (17:1-14).
Having been requested to leave Philippi, Paul and...
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Acts 17:10. AND THE BRETHREN IMMEDIATELY SENT AWAY PAUL AND SILAS BY
NIGHT. All parties in the city were evidently uneasy, although quiet
had been restored. The magistrates, dreading a fresh outbreak...
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IMMEDIATELY BY NIGHT
(ευθεως δια νυκτος). Paul's work had not been in vain
in Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 1
Thessalonians 2:20). Paul loved the church he...
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CONTENTS: Founding of church at Thessalonica and the Jewish
opposition. Paul and Silas at Berea. Paul at Athens and the sermon
from Mars' hill.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Silas, Jason, Caesar, philoso...
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Acts 17:1. _When they had passed through Amphipolis._ Boiste adds the
Roman name _Emboli._ It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It
stood on an island formed in the river Strymon, and was cal...
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THE BROTHERS SENT PAUL AND SILAS TO BEREA. Between forty-five and
sixty miles west of Thessalonica. THE PEOPLE THERE WERE MORE
OPEN-MINDED. They were willing to investigate the claims of Paul and
Sila...
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_And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas unto Berea …
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica._
FROM THESSALONICA TO BEREA
1. Paul and Silas were sent away “by night.” That is...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:10 Paul and Silas fled to Berea, 50 miles (81
km) by road southwest of Thessalonica.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 17:10. BŒREA.—Presently _Pheria_, south-west of Thessalonica,
and fifty-one miles distant.
Acts 17:12. MANY OF THEM BELIEVED.—_Codex Bezœ_ adds, “And some
disbelieved.” The a...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 17:1
AMPHIPOLIS. This was the ancient capital of that division of
Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12, note. It was situated on
the Via Egnatia, thirty-four miles southwest f...
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Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came
to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews (Acts 17:1):
Now Luke passes that off in one verse. From Philippi to Amph...
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1 Samuel 19:12; 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; Acts 14:6;...
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Observe here, 1. The pious and prudential care which the brethern took
of the holy apostles, and the means which they used for their
preservation: THEY PRESENTLY SENT THEM AWAY UNTO BEREA. The devil
s...