Nowwhen they had traveled throughAmphipolisand Apollonia,they cameto Thessalonica,wherethere was a synagogueof the Jews.
for evenin Thessalonicayou sent[a gift] morethanoncefor my needs.
Pauland Silvanusand Timothy,To the churchof the Thessaloniansin Godthe Fatherand the LordJesusChrist:Graceto you and peace.
Pauland Silvanusand Timothy,To the churchof the Thessaloniansin Godour Fatherand the LordJesusChrist:
And he was accompaniedby Sopaterof Berea,[the son] of Pyrrhus,and by Aristarchusand Secundusof the Thessalonians,and Gaiusof Derbe,and Timothy,and Tychicusand Trophimusof Asia.
for Demas,having lovedthispresentworld,has desertedme and goneto Thessalonica;Crescens[has gone] to Galatia,Titusto Dalmatia.
And embarkingin an Adramyttianship,which was aboutto sailto the regionsalong the coastof Asia,we put out to seaaccompaniedby Aristarchus,a Macedonianof Thessalonica.
But whenthe Jewsof Thessalonicafoundout that the wordof Godhad been proclaimedby Paulin Bereaalso,they camethere as well,agitatingand stirringup the crowds.
Nowthesewere more noble-mindedthan thosein Thessalonica,for they receivedthe wordwith greateagerness,examiningthe Scripturesdaily[to see] whetherthese thingswere so.
And on the Sabbathdaywe wentoutsidethe gateto a riverside,wherewe were supposingthat there would be a place of prayer;and we sat downand began speakingto the womenwho had assembled.
"For Mosesfrom ancientgenerationshasin everycitythosewho preachhim, since he is readin the synagogueseverySabbath."
In Iconiumthey enteredthe synagogueof the Jewstogether,and spokein such a mannerthat a largenumber of peoplebelieved,bothof Jewsand of Greeks.
The brethrenimmediatelysentPauland Silasawayby nightto Berea,and when they arrived,they wentinto the synagogueof the Jews.
but after we had already sufferedand been mistreatedin Philippi,as you know,we had the boldnessin our Godto speakto you the gospelof Godamidmuchopposition.
