These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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Interpretation
The Jews in Berea applied seriously to the study of the word preached to them. They not only heard Paul preach on the sabbath, but daily searched the Scriptures, and compared what they read with the facts related to them.
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This thought runs through Acts 17:11-15.
Glossary
- Thessalonica Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Thessaloniki.
- Berea Place
- A city of Macedonia to which Paul with Silas and Timotheus went when persecuted at Thessalonica ( Acts 17:10 , 13), and from which also he was compelled to withdraw. Modern identification: Veria.