Berea
Early Church · Draft · BSB
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Date: c. AD 49–52. Paul's appearance before Gallio, proconsul of Achaia c. AD 51–52 according to an inscription at Delphi, anchors this journey.
Sent off by night, Paul and Silas reach Berea, where the Jews receive the message eagerly and examine the Scriptures daily. When agitators arrive from Thessalonica, the believers send Paul on to Athens.
Primary Scripture
17:10 As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
17:11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
17:12 As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
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.
17:14 The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
17:15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
Location evidence
Event map marker: Identified site; [longitude, latitude] = [22.2, 40.5167]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Berea: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [22.2, 40.5167]. Classification source: rule.
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Interpretation and reuse
Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.
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Record source: editorial
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