Acts 17:13

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But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the Word of God in Berea as well, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

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  • 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 There was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one who is patient calms a quarrel.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 A greedy person stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in.
  • Luke 12:51 : 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
  • Acts 6:12 : 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.
  • Acts 14:2 : 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and turned them against the brothers.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews, becoming jealous, gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and caused an uproar in the city. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the assembly.
  • Acts 21:27 : 27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
  • 1 Thess 2:14-16 : 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews. 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone. 16 They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.

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  • Acts 17:4-12
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    83%

    4Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of devout Greeks and a considerable number of prominent women.

    5But the Jews, becoming jealous, gathered some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and caused an uproar in the city. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the assembly.

    6When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.'

    7And Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king—Jesus.

    8They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

    9After receiving a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

    10Immediately, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. Upon arriving, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.

    11The Bereans were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

    12As a result, many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.

  • Acts 17:1-2
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    80%

    1After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

    2According to his custom, Paul went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures.

  • Acts 13:50-51
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    50But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

    51So they shook the dust off their feet as a testimony against them and went to Iconium.

  • Acts 14:1-2
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    1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

    2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and turned them against the brothers.

  • Acts 17:14-17
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    14Immediately, the brothers sent Paul away to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.

    15Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible, they departed.

    16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply troubled as he observed the city full of idols.

    17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout people, and every day in the marketplace with those who happened to be there.

  • Acts 16:20
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    20They brought them before the magistrates and said, 'These men are Jews, and they are causing an uproar in our city.'

  • Acts 18:12-13
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    12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.

    13They said, 'This man persuades people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.'

  • Acts 13:42-45
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    72%

    42As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the Gentiles begged them to speak these words to them on the next Sabbath.

    43After the synagogue meeting had ended, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

    44On the following Sabbath, almost the entire city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

    45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.

  • Acts 21:27
    71%

    27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

  • Acts 19:28-30
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    28When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

    30Paul wanted to go in before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

  • Acts 14:5-7
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    5When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

    6Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region.

    7There they continued preaching the good news.

  • Acts 19:23
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    23During that time, a great disturbance arose concerning the Way.

  • Acts 14:18-19
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    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

    19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

  • Acts 18:5
    70%

    5When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

  • Acts 21:30-31
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    30The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

    31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.

  • Acts 13:14-15
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    14Passing through Perga, they arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath, they went into the synagogue and sat down.

    15After the reading of the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, 'Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak.'

  • Acts 25:7
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    7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

  • Acts 6:12
    69%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • Acts 19:32
    69%

    32Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in disarray, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

  • Acts 11:22
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    22News of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

  • Acts 14:21
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    21After they had preached the gospel in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

  • Acts 14:14
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    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

  • Acts 17:21
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    21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

  • Acts 8:4
    68%

    4Those who had been scattered went about spreading the good news of the word.