Acts 17:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.

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  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 (There was no one like Ahab, who gave himself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moved to it by Jezebel his wife.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
  • Luke 12:51 : 51 Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:
  • Acts 6:12 : 12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
  • Acts 14:2 : 2 But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
  • Acts 21:27 : 27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,
  • 1 Thess 2:14-16 : 14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews; 15 Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men; 16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

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  • Acts 17:4-12
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    4 And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.

    5 But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

    6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

    7 Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

    8 And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

    9 And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

    10 And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

    11 Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

    12 And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.

  • Acts 17:1-2
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    1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

    2 And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

  • Acts 13:50-51
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    50 But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.

    51 But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.

  • Acts 14:1-2
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    1 Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.

    2 But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

  • Acts 17:14-17
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    14 So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

    15 But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

    16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.

    17 So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

  • Acts 16:20
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    20 And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

  • Acts 18:12-13
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    12 But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

    13 Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

  • Acts 13:42-45
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    42 And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.

    43 Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

    44 And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

    45 But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.

  • Acts 21:27
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    27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,

  • Acts 19:28-30
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    28 And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

    29 And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.

    30 And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.

  • Acts 14:5-7
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    5 And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,

    6 Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

    7 And went on preaching the good news there.

  • Acts 19:23
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    23 And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

  • Acts 14:18-19
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    18 And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

    19 But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

  • Acts 18:5
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    5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

  • Acts 21:30-31
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    30 And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.

    31 And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

  • Acts 13:14-15
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    14 But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.

    15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

  • Acts 25:7
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    7 And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

  • Acts 28:17
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    17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

  • Acts 19:32
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    32 And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.

  • Acts 11:22
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    22 And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

  • Acts 14:21
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    21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

  • Acts 14:14
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    14 But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

  • Acts 17:21
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    21 (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

  • Acts 8:4
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    4 But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.