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-Acts 17
-17:1-9
-Where were Amphipolis, Apollonia, and Thessalonica?
+# Acts 17
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+## 17:1-9
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+### Where were Amphipolis, Apollonia, and Thessalonica?
 
 See Map: Amphipolis; Apollonia; Thessalonica
-Why did Luke write that Paul reasoned from the scriptures for three Sabbath days?
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+### Why did Luke write that Paul reasoned from the scriptures for three Sabbath days?
 
 Luke wrote that Paul reasoned from Scripture for three Sabbath days. Scholars think that the regular meaning of “three Sabbath days” during Paul’s time meant three weeks of time. Paul taught people about Jesus from the Old Testament for three weeks.
 
 See: Old Testament (Law and Prophets); Sabbath
 
-Why did Paul say “it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise again”?
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+### Why did Paul say “it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise again”?
 
 Paul said “it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise again” because the Old Testament prophets spoke of these events, and Jesus himself also spoke of these events.
 
 See: Psalm 22; Isaiah 53; Luke 18:31-33; 24:25-26
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 See: Old Testament (Law and Prophets); Prophet; Resurrect (Resurrection)
-What was meant by the words, “not a few of the leading women”?
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+###  What was meant by the words, “not a few of the leading women”?
 
 The words “not a few of the leading women” meant a large number of women. These women were likely wives of the city’s leaders.
-Why were the unbelieving Jews jealous of Paul and Silas?
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+### Why were the unbelieving Jews jealous of Paul and Silas?
 
 Scholars think the unbelieving Jews were jealous of Paul and Silas because many more Gentiles than Jews believed in Jesus. More people became Christians. Perhaps the unbelieving Jews were also afraid they will lose control of their synagogue.
 
 See: Synagogue; Gentile
 
-Advice to translators: The unbelieving Jews were Jews who rejected Jesus. They were not Christians.
-How did the unbelieving Jews create an uproar?
+**Advice to translators**: The unbelieving Jews were Jews who rejected Jesus. They were not Christians.
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+### How did the unbelieving Jews create an uproar?
 
 There were several things the unbelieving Jews did to create an uproar.
 
 
-They went to the marketplace and gathered wicked men to cause trouble. These wicked men did not work in the marketplace. They were always there wanting to do wrong things.
+1. They went to the marketplace and gathered wicked men to cause trouble. These wicked men did not work in the marketplace. They were always there wanting to do wrong things.
 
 
-The wicked men helped them start a riot in the city. 
+1. The wicked men helped them start a riot in the city. 
 
-They went to the house of Jason and broke down the door of his house. They then dragged him and other Christians in front of the city leaders. Paul and Silas were in another part of the city.
+1. They went to the house of Jason and broke down the door of his house. They then dragged him and other Christians in front of the city leaders. Paul and Silas were in another part of the city.
 
 
-They made the crowd and the city leaders angry by shouting lies against Paul and the Christians.
+1. They made the crowd and the city leaders angry by shouting lies against Paul and the Christians.
 Who was Jason?
 
 Jason was a relative of Paul and scholars think Paul and Silas stayed with him while they were in Thessalonica.
 
 See Map: Thessalonica
-What did it mean to “act against the decrees of Caesar”?
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+### What did it mean to “act against the decrees of Caesar”?
 
 When Paul and Silas were accused of acting “against the decrees of Caesar” it meant they were accused of rebelling against all the Roman laws. This is because Jesus is a king. However, Jesus is not a king in the same way that the Roman Caesar was a king. People said that Paul and Silas were trying to get people to serve a different king other than Caesar. They wanted Paul and Silas to be arrested. 
-Why did the city leaders make Jason pay money as a security?
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+### Why did the city leaders make Jason pay money as a security?
 
 The leaders of the city made Jason pay a security. That is, Jason assured the city leaders that Paul and Silas would leave the city and not to return.
 
-17:10-15
-How were the people in Berea more noble than the people in Thessalonica?
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+## 17:10-15
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+### How were the people in Berea more noble than the people in Thessalonica?
 
 When Luke said that the people in Berea were more noble than the people in Thessalonica, he meant they wanted to learn about Jesus from Paul and Silas. That is, they wanted Paul and Silas to teach them about the Bible.
 
 See Map: Berea; Thessalonica
-What was meant by the words, “examining the scriptures daily”?
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+### What was meant by the words, “examining the scriptures daily”?
 
 When Luke said that the Bereans “examined”(ἀνακρίνω/g0350) the scriptures daily, he meant they examined the Bible and compared the Bible to the things Paul and Silas taught. They wanted to prove that Paul and Silas taught the same thing the Bible taught. They wanted to know if Paul said correct things about Jesus.
 
-How was it that the Jews from Thessalonica “stirred up and troubled the crowds”?
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+## How was it that the Jews from Thessalonica “stirred up and troubled the crowds”?
 
 When Luke wrote that the Jews from Thessalonica “stirred up and troubled the crowds” he meant they caused confusion among the people. That is, they kept insisting that people follow the Law of Moses instead of what Paul and Silas taught.
 
 See: Law of Moses
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 See Map: Thessalonica
 
-Where was Athens?
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+### Where was Athens?
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 See Map: Athens
-17:16-21
-Why did idols “provoke” Paul’s spirit?
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+## 17:16-21
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+### Why did idols “provoke” Paul’s spirit?
 
 Idols “angered”(παροξύνω/g3947) Paul because idols made Israel sin against God (see: 2 Kings 17:12). Also, the Christian leaders in Jerusalem did not want Christians to worship idols (see: 15:29). 
 
 See: Idolatry (Idol); Sin
-What was the marketplace?
-See: Acts 16:19
-What were philosophers?
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+### What was the marketplace?
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+## See: Acts 16:19
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+### What were philosophers?
 
 Philosophers were people who loved wisdom. Philosophers taught different things about the world. In ancient Israel, many philosophers went to Athens. Paul warned that things they taught Christians were the wrong things and stopped Christians from believing the right things (see: Colossians 2:8).
 
 See Map: Athens
 
-What did Epicureans believe?
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+### What did Epicureans believe?
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 Epicureans followed a man named Epicurus who lived about 300 years before Paul. They taught certain things. They believed several things differently from Jews and Christians.