Thessalonica
The principal city and port of Macedonia. Paul preached in its synagogue for three sabbaths, and the uproar that followed drove him on to Berea; the young church there received two of his earliest surviving letters (Acts 17:1-10; 1 and 2 Thessalonians).
Where in scripture
[1] Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. [2] Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures, [3] explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” [4] Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women. [5] But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people. …
Acts 17:1–10 — opening verses — cited in the description of Thessalonica
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
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On these journeys
- Second missionary journey — Paul the Apostle
