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Acts 17:10
As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative reports that local believers in Thessalonica relocated Paul and Silas to Berea after hostile opposition forced them to leave. This occurs at night, immediately following the collection of a security bond from Jason in Acts 17:9.
The words — ἀδελφοὶ (adelphoi) identifies the local Christian community that organized the relocation, while ἐξέπεμψαν (exepempsan) specifies their decisive action to dispatch the missionaries. εὐθέως (eutheōs) emphasizes that this departure occurred immediately as darkness fell.
The thread — This pattern of fleeing to a synagogue upon arrival mirrors Paul’s established practice in Acts 17:2. The subsequent arrival of hostile agitators in Berea, noted in Acts 17:13, demonstrates how the same opposition followed the relocated mission field.
Why it lands — The text records a tactical retreat to a familiar religious space without evaluating the moral or spiritual merits of the move. A reader must note that the narrative simply tracks the physical movement of the missionaries and the immediate response of the new community.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Cross-references
- Acts 17:2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- 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.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
- Acts 9:25 One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
- 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.
- Joshua 2:15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
- 1 Samuel 19:12 So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
- 1 Samuel 20:42 And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
- Acts 14:6 they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
- Acts 23:23 Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.