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The Character of the Bereans

Acts 17:14

In 9 translations

BSB
The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
KJV
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
WEB
Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
ASV
And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.
LSV
and then immediately the brothers sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timotheus were remaining there.
YLT
and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining there.
DBY
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.
DRC
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go unto the sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there.
GNV
But by and by the brethren sent away Paul to goe as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἕως (“until”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὡς (“as”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὑπέμεινάν (“remained”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὑπέμενον (“were remaining”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τε (“but”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δὲ (“now”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἕως. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἕως; Robinson–Pierpont read ὡς.
  • SBLGNT: ὑπέμεινάν τε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑπέμεινάν τε; Robinson–Pierpont read ὑπέμενον δὲ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εὐθέως δὲ τότε τὸν Παῦλον ἐξαπέστειλαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ πορεύεσθαι ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν· ὑπέμεινάν τε ὅ τε Σιλᾶς καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ.
RP2018
Εὐθέως δὲ τότε τὸν Παῦλον ἐξαπέστειλαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ πορεύεσθαι ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν· ὑπέμενον δὲ ὅ τε Σίλας καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ.
TR-Boyd
Εὐθέως δὲ τότε τὸν Παῦλον ἐξαπέστειλαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ πορεύεσθαι ὡς ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν· ὑπέμενον δὲ ὅ τε Σίλας καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ.
SCR1894
ευθεως δε τοτε τον παυλον εξαπεστειλαν οι αδελφοι πορευεσθαι ως επι την θαλασσαν υπεμενον δε ο τε σιλας και ο τιμοθεος εκει

Who and where

👤 Paul👤 Silas👤 Timotheus◆ Second Missionary Journey◆ Mission to Berea

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 17:10As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
  • Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
  • Acts 9:25One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
  • Acts 16:1Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
  • Acts 9:30When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
  • Acts 20:3where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
  • Acts 15:22Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
  • Titus 1:5The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
  • Joshua 2:16“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
  • 1 Timothy 1:3As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
  • Acts 19:22He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.

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