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Acts 17:10

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble," it says, "than they of Thessalonica: more noble," i.e. more gentle in their behavior: "in that they received the word with all readiness," and this not inconsiderately, but with a strictness wherein was no passion, "searching the Scriptures whether these things were so." ... "Now these," it says, "were more noble than those in Thessalonica:" i.e. …

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