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Acts 17:11 KJV
Acts · chapter 17 · verse 11 · King James Version
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.Acts 17:11 · King James Version
Acts 17:11 in context
9And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11These 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.
12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
Cross references
- Isaiah 34:16
- Proverbs 2:1-5
- John 5:39
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13
- 1 Peter 1:10-12
- Matthew 13:23
- Proverbs 9:9
- 2 Peter 1:19-21
Key words (Strong's)
- ThessalonicathessalonikēThessalonica = " victory of falsity" , a famous and populous city, situated on…G2332 →
- scripturesgraphēa writing, thing written, the Scripture, used to denote either the book itself, or its…G1124 →
- receiveddechomaito take with the hand, to take hold of, take up, to take up, receive, used of a place…G1209 →
- searchedanakrinōexamine or judge, to investigate, examine, enquire into, scrutinise, sift, question…G350 →
- nobleeugenēswell born, of a noble family, noble mindedG2104 →
- dailyhēmerathe day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as…G2250 →
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