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Acts 17:7-16 New King James Version (NKJV)

7. Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”

8. And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

9. So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10. Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

11. These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

12. Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.

13. But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.

14. Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there.

15. So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.

16. Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols.

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