KJV King James Version
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 17:1
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
WEB World English Bible
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
ASV American Standard Version
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,
Surrounding context — Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4 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.
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ΔιοδεύσαντεςG1353 · diodeuōto go throughδὲG1161 · dethenτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἈμφίπολινG295 · AmphipolisAmphipolisκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἈπολλωνίανG624 · ApollōniaApolloniaἦλθονG2064 · erchomaito come/goεἰςG1519 · eistowardΘεσσαλονίκην,G2332 · ThessalonikēThessalonicaὅπουG3699 · hopouwhere(-ever)ἦνG1510 · eimito beσυναγωγὴG4864 · sunagōgēsynagogueτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸουδαίων.G2453 · IoudaiosJew
Cross-references
1 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.Philippians 4:16For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.Acts 20:4And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.2 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.Acts 17:11These 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.Acts 27:2And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; [one] Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.Acts 17:13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.Acts 16:13And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted [thither].Acts 14:1And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.Acts 15:21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
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