Acts 17:1

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“When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.”

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BSBPD

“When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 17:1 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Acts 14:1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
  2. Acts 15:21For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
  3. Acts 16:13On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
  4. Acts 17:11Now 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.
  5. Acts 17:13But 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.
  6. Acts 20:4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
  7. Acts 27:2We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
  8. Philippians 4:16For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.
  9. 1 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
  10. 2 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
  11. 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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