Acts 17:13 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

BSB

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ASV

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.

KJV

But 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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But when the Jews of Thessalonica,.... The unbelieving Jews there, had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea; which they came at, either by persons that came from thence to Thessalonica, or by letters sent them: they came thither also; as the Jews from Antioch and Iconium came to Lystra on a like account, Act 14:19 and stirred up the people; the common people, the natives of the place, against the apostles; suggesting that they were wicked men, and enemies to all laws, human or divine, civil or religious.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Stirred up the people - The word used here σαλεύειν saleuein denotes properly “to agitate” or “excite,” as the waves of the sea are agitated by the wind. It is with great beauty used to denote the “agitation and excitement of a popular tumult,” from its resemblance to the troubled waves of the ocean. The figure is often employed by the Classic writers, and also occurs in the Scriptures. See Psa 65:7; Isa 17:12-13; Jer 46:7-8.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὡς	Hōs	When	G5613 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἔγνωσαν	egnōsan	knew	G1097 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Θεσσαλονίκης	Thessalonikēs	Thessalonica	G2332 →
Ἰουδαῖοι	Ioudaioi	Jews	G2453 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
Βεροίᾳ	Beroia	Berea	G960 →
κατηγγέλη	katēngelē	was proclaimed	G2605 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Παύλου	Paulou	Paul	G3972 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
λόγος	logos	word	G3056 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ,	theou	of God,	G2316 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	they came	G2064 →
κἀκεῖ	kakei	there also	G2532 →G1563 →
σαλεύοντες	saleuontes	stirring up	G4531 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ταράσσοντες	tarassontes	agitating	G5015 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ὄχλους.	ochlous	crowds.	G3793 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
leads to
- Luke 11:52
  Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
- Matthew 23:29
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
- Matthew 23:23
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced…
- Matthew 23:27
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- Zechariah 11:17
  Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
Through
Acts 6:12
So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
leads to
- Acts 14:2
  But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 15:18
  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Through
Acts 17:5
The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas,…
leads to
- Galatians 5:26
  Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.