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Acts 17:1
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul and his traveling companions arrive in Thessalonica after moving through Amphipolis and Apollonia, entering a city that contains a Jewish synagogue.
The words — Διοδεύσαντες (Diodeusantes) translates literally as "having passed through," and ἦλθον (ēlthon) translates as "they came," documenting the completion of a specific route segment.
The thread — This geographic marker anchors the narrative to later references in 1 Thessalonians 1:1, Philippians 4:16, and Acts 20:4, which repeatedly return to the Thessalonian community.
Why it lands — It demands the reader note the precise sequence of locations and identify the synagogue as the immediate institutional point of contact upon arrival.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
- Philippians 4:16 For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.
- Acts 20:4 Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
- 2 Timothy 4:10 because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Acts 17:11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
- Acts 17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
- Acts 27:2 We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
- Acts 16:13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
- Acts 14:1 At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.