As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Paul's constancy is incredible: having seen the stubbornness and malice of his own nation, he never ceased to try bringing them to Christ, knowing himself bound to both Jews and Gentiles, and no man's injury could turn him from his calling. All Christ's servants must so wrestle with the world's malice that they shake not off His yoke, whatever provocation comes.
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The apostles fled not for their own hides but to carry on their work elsewhere, as Christ commanded. The devil meant to stop the gospel by persecution and was outshot in his own bow; the brethren's care to send them away by night became the very means to spread it further. Flight was their charge, not their shame.
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Commenting on Acts 17:10-15
The young converts in Thessalonica, full of love for their spiritual fathers, sent Paul and Silas away by night to escape the fury of the mob. They were not daunted or discouraged even at Berea but went straightway into the synagogue of the Jews, ready to preach the gospel again.
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