But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and inflamed the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren.

Forasmuch as we have heard, that some who went out from us, have troubled you by their discourses, unsettling your minds, saying, ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commission;

But he replied, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but I speak the words of truth and of a sound mind.

These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.