Passage

Acts 17.10

Book: Acts · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

8. And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10. And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so. 12. Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few. (Acts 17:8-12, ASV)

WEB

8. The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things. 9. When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10. The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12. Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men. (Acts 17:8-12, WEB)

KJV

8. And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9. And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

10. And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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. 12. Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. (Acts 17:8-12, KJV)

YLT

8. And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things, 9. and having taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10. And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews;

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so; 12. many, indeed, therefore, of them did believe, and of the honourable Greek women and men not a few. (Acts 17:8-12, YLT)

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Setting

Speaker: the narrator of Acts, traditionally Luke
Audience: Theophilus (Acts 1:1) and the reader
Location: Berea, a Macedonian town southwest of Thessalonica, where Paul and Silas went after being sent away by night (17:10)
Time period: c. AD 50, on Paul's second missionary journey, shortly before his eighteen months in Corinth (Acts 18:11)

Theological reading

"And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews." The magistrates have released Jason on security (17:9). The Thessalonian believers move their teachers out of danger at once.

The brethren act. The new believers, who had just been dragged before the city rulers on Paul's account (17:6), now take responsibility for his safety. "Immediately" and "by night" show the urgency. Paul's ministry had begun the same way: at Damascus "his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall" (9:25).

Berea. Berea was a Macedonian town southwest of Thessalonica. Luke gives no reason for the choice beyond the fact that it was away from the immediate danger, and that it had a synagogue.

Straight to the synagogue. On arrival Paul and Silas "went into the synagogue of the Jews." The riot has not changed the method. The same approach that produced a mob in Thessalonica is tried again at once, and this time the hearers "received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so" (17:11). See Acts 17.11.

Fruit from Berea. Among the men who later traveled with Paul was "Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus" (20:4). The visit that began with a night escape produced a co-worker.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Concepts:

Passages:

1 Thessalonians 2.17

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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