Acts 17:11

Paul And Silas In Berea

¹⁰ That night the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. ¹¹ These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so. ¹² Many of them believed, including a large number of prominent Greek women and men.

Kingdom of God

Old Testament

Searched the Scriptures Daily

Day After Day

Examining The Scriptures Daily

Berea

Christ

Paul

Thessalonica

John 5:39

You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.

Isaiah 34:16

"Study and read from the book of the LORD: And not one will be missing, each will not long for its mate. For it is the mouth of the LORD that has issued the order, and it is his Spirit that has gathered them.

Luke 16:29

"Abraham said, "They have Moses and the Prophets. They should listen to them!'

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God's word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

Job 23:12

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

Psalm 1:2-3

But he delights in the LORD's instruction, and meditates in his instruction day and night.

Psalm 119:97

How I love your instruction! Every day it is my meditation.

Psalm 119:100

I have more common sense than the elders, for I observe your precepts.

Psalm 119:148

I look forward to the night watches, when I may meditate on what you have said.

Proverbs 1:5

Let the wise listen and increase their learning; let the person of understanding receive guidance

Proverbs 2:1-5

My son, if you accept my words, and treasure my instructions

Proverbs 8:10

Grab hold of my instruction in lieu of money and knowledge instead of the finest gold,

Proverbs 9:9

Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.

Isaiah 8:20

for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them.

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you myself as a choice vine, from the very best seed. How did you turn against me into a degenerate and foreign vine?

Matthew 13:23

But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word, understands it, and produces a crop that yields 100, 60, or 30 times what was sown."

Luke 24:44

Then he told them, "These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled."

John 1:45-49

Philip found Nathaniel and told him, "We have found the man about whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth."

John 3:21

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may become evident that his actions have God's approval."

Acts 2:41

So those who welcomed his message were baptized. That day about 3,000 people were added to their number.

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say."

Acts 11:1

Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles had also accepted the word of God.

Acts 17:1

Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

You became imitators of us and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of suffering, you welcomed the word with the joy that the Holy Spirit produces.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.

2 Timothy 3:15-17

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to give you the wisdom you need for salvation through faith in the Messiah Jesus.

James 1:21

Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.

1 Peter 1:10-12

Even the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours, carefully researched and investigated this salvation.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.

2 Peter 1:19-21

Therefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

1 John 4:5-6

These people belong to the world. That is why they speak from the world's perspective, and the world listens to them.