ACTS 17:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.”
As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea — The nighttime departure echoes earlier rescues (16:39) and suggests imminent danger, though formal conviction has not occurred. The believers' swift action demonstrates nascent Christian mutual aid and risk-acceptance.
Church Fathers on Acts 17:10
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. Acts 17:4 The writer mentions only the sum and substance of the discoursing: he is not given to redundancy, and does not on every occasion report the sermons. But the Jews which believed not (the best texts omit which believed not), moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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