1 Thessalonians 2:2 References
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but after we had already suffered and been amistreated in bPhilippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God cto speak to you the dgospel of God amid much eopposition.
c Acts 17:1-9
Acts 17
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Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to aThessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
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And aaccording to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three bSabbaths reasoned with them from cthe Scriptures,
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explaining and giving evidence that the Christ ahad to suffer and brise again from the dead, and saying, "cThis Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."
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aAnd some of them were persuaded and joined bPaul and Silas, along with a large number of the cGod-fearing dGreeks and a number of the eleading women.
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But athe Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of bJason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.
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When they did not find them, they began adragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have upset bthe world have come here also;
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and Jason ahas welcomed them, and they all act bcontrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."
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They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.