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.