3. He opened them and gave evidence that Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, saying, “This Yeshua, whom I declare to you, is the Messiah.”
4. Some of them were convinced and became attached to Paul and Silas, as were a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and no small number of the leading women.
5. But some of the Jewish people became jealous. Taking some wicked fellows of the marketplace and gathering a crowd, they stirred the city into an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to bring Paul and Silas out to the mob.
6. When they did not find them, they instead began dragging Jason and some of the brethren before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here too,
7. and Jason has welcomed them! They are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king, Yeshua.”
8. Hearing these things, the crowd and the city officials were confused.
9. But after receiving bail from Jason and the rest, they released them.
10. As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. Upon arrival, they made their way to the Jewish synagogue.
11. Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, because they received the message with goodwill, searching the Scriptures each day to see whether these things were true.
12. Therefore many of them believed, as well as quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
13. But when the Jewish people of Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came there too, agitating and inciting the people.
14. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
15. Those escorting Paul brought him as far as Athens. After receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.
16. Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was aroused within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.