8. When the people and the leaders of the city heard these things, they became very upset.
9. They made Jason and the others put up a sum of money. Then they let the believers go free.
10. That same night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. There Paul and Silas went to the Jewish synagogue.
11. These Jews were better than the Jews in Thessalonica. They were eager to hear the things Paul and Silas said. These Jews in Berea studied the Scriptures every day to find out if these things were true.
12. So, many of them believed. Many important Greek men and women also believed.
13. But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, they came there, too. They upset the people and made trouble.
14. So the believers quickly sent Paul away to the coast. But Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
15. The men who took Paul went with him to Athens. Then they carried a message from Paul back to Silas and Timothy. It said, “Come to me as soon as you can.”