Acts 17:11

These Jews ¹  were more open-minded ²  than those in Thessalonica, ³  for they eagerly ⁴  received ⁵  the message, examining ⁶  the scriptures carefully every day ⁷  to see if these things were so.

Job 23:12; Ps 1:2,3; Ps 119:97,100,148; Pr 1:5; Pr 2:1-5; Pr 8:10; Pr 9:9; Isa 8:20; Isa 34:16; Jer 2:21; Mt 13:23; Lu 16:29; Lu 24:44; Joh 1:45-49; Joh 3:21; Joh 5:39; Ac 2:41; Ac 10:33; Ac 11:1; 1Th 1:6; 1Th 2:13; 2Th 2:10; 2Ti 3:15-17; Jas 1:21; 1Pe 1:10-12; 1Pe 2:2; 2Pe 1:19-21; 1Jo 4:5,6

¹ tn Grk “These”; the referent (the Jews in the synagogue at Berea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “more willing to learn.” L&N 27.48 and BDAG 404 s.v. εὐγενής 2 both use the term “open-minded” here. The point is that they were more receptive to Paul’s message.

³ sn Thessalonica was a city in Macedonia (modern Salonica).

map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.

⁴ tn Or “willingly,” “readily”; Grk “with all eagerness.”

⁵ tn Grk “who received.” Here the relative pronoun (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“they”) preceded by a semicolon, which is less awkward in contemporary English than a relative clause at this point.

⁶ tn This verb (BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 1) refers to careful examination.

⁷ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase in this verse.