Holman Christian Standard Bible

Acts 17:7-15 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

7. and Jason has received them as guests! They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king — Jesus! ”

8. The Jews stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

9. So taking a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.

10. As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea. On arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

11. The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

12. Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.

13. But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

14. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy stayed on there.

15. Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.