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Acts 17:13

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But 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.
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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:14–16Rank 1 from verse 13
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    14For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judæa are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

    15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

    16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  2. Acts 14:2Rank 2 from verse 13
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    2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

  3. Acts 17:5Rank 3 from verse 13
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    5¶ But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

  4. Acts 21:27Rank 4 from verse 13
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    27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

  5. Acts 6:12Rank 5 from verse 13
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    12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

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Acts 17:13

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

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.

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14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

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