6. When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
7. and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”
8. They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
9. After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.
10. The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
11. These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.
12. Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
13. But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
14. Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
15. Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.
16. While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.
17. So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.