5. But the Jews who did not believe became jealous, so they got some bad men from around the city center to make trouble. They formed a mob and caused a riot in the city. They went to Jason’s house, looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out before the people.
6. When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other believers to the city leaders. The people shouted, “These men have made trouble everywhere in the world, and now they have come here too!
7. Jason is keeping them in his house. They all do things against the laws of Caesar. They say there is another king called Jesus.”
8. When the city leaders and the other people heard this, they became very upset.
9. They made Jason and the other believers deposit money to guarantee that there would be no more trouble. Then they let them go.
10. That same night the believers sent Paul and Silas to another city named Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
11. The people in Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. They were so glad to hear the message Paul told them. They studied the Scriptures every day to make sure that what they heard was really true.
12. The result was that many of them believed, including many important Greek women and men.
13. But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was telling people God’s message in Berea, they came there too. They upset the people and made trouble.
14. So the believers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.