Acts 17:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

They received

And searched

General references

John 7:17

Bible References

They received

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

And searched

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.

But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;

And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

General references

If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.