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Acts 17:4-17

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4Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of devout Greeks and not a few of the prominent women.
5But the disobedient Jews rounded up some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob they created an uproar in the city; and attacking the house of Jason, they wanted to bring them out to the crowd.
6But not finding them they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials vociferating: “These who have upset the whole world have come here too,
7to whom Jason has given lodging. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”
8Well they agitated the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
9Then they took a security bond from Jason and the rest and let them go.
10Immediately, during the night, the brothers sent both Paul and Silas away to Berea; on arriving they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all goodwill, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things might be so.
12Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the Word of God was also being proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came too, agitating the crowds.
14So then, without delay, the brothers sent Paul away, as if to go by sea, while both Silas and Timothy remained there.
15But those who were conducting Paul actually took him all the way to Athens; and receiving a command to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they started back.
16Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was increasingly aroused within him as he observed that the city was full of idols.
17So he reasoned both in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.

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