Written by Yahusha's Student: LUKE (the Doctor) ...
1 Paul and Silas traveled through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia. They came to the city of Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 Paul went into the Synagogue to see the Jews as he always did. The next three weeks, on each Sabbath Day, he reasoned the Ancient Scriptures with them.
PAUL IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE LOCAL SYNAGOGUES BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE HE WOULD FIND TORAH-OBEDIENT BROTHERS WHO'D OFFER HOSPITALITY TO HIM. THEY ALREADY BELIEVED IN THE CREATOR, SO HE SHARED WITH THEM THAT YAHUSHA WAS THE PROMISED DELIVERER SPOKEN OF BY ALL THE PROPHETS.
3 Paul explained the Scriptures to show them all that the Messiah had to suffer and die, but then rise from the dead. He said, “This YAHUSHA that I’m telling you about is the promised Deliverer and Messiah.” 4 Some of the Jews there believed Paul and Silas and decided to join them. Also, a large number of Greeks who were worshipers of the true Alahim YAHUAH and many important women joined them. 5 But the Jews who did not believe became jealous and envious, so they got some wicked men from around the city-centre to make trouble. They formed a mob and caused a riot in the city. They went to Jason’s house, looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out before the people. 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other believers to the city leaders. The people shouted, “These men who have turned the whole world upside down, have now come here too! (IT'S REALLY THE POWER OF YAHUSHA’S NAME THROUGH ACTIVE BEHAVIOUR THAT TURNS THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN). 7 Jason is keeping them in his house. They all do things against the laws of Caesar. They say there is another King called YAHUSHA.”
8 When the city leaders and the other people heard this, they became very upset. 9 They made Jason and the other believers deposit money to guarantee that there would be no more trouble (A FINE). Then they let them go. 10 That same night the believers sent Paul and Silas to another city named Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish Synagogue. 11 The people in Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. They were so glad to hear the message Paul told them. They studied the Scriptures every day to make sure that what they heard was really true. 12 The result was that many of them believed, including many important Greek women and men.
13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was telling people YAHUSHA’S message in Berea, they came there too. They upset the people and made trouble. 14 So the believers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea. 15 Those who went with Paul took him to the city of Athens.
They returned with a message for Silas and Timothy to come and join him as soon as they could. 16 While Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens, he was upset because he saw that the city was full of idols. 17 In the Synagogue he talked with the Jews and with the Greeks who were worshipers of the true Alahim YAHUAH. He also went to the public square every day and talked with everyone who came by.
18 Some of the Epicurean and some of the Stoic philosophers argued with him, saying, “This ridiculous babbler doesn’t really know what he’s talking about. What’s he trying to say?” Paul was giving them the Good News about YAHUSHA and the resurrection, so they said, “He seems to be telling us about some other deities.”
19 They took Paul to a meeting of the Areopagus council. They said, “Please explain to us this new idea that you have been teaching. 20The things you are saying are new to us. We have never heard this teaching before, and we want to know what it means.” 21 (The people of Athens and the foreigners who lived there spent all their time either telling or listening to all the latest ideas.)
22 Then Paul stood up before the meeting of the Areopagus council and said, “Men of Athens, everything I see here tells me you are very religious. 23 I was going through your city and I saw the things you worship. I found an altar that had these words written on it: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN DEITY.’ You worship a deity that you don’t even know? What's that about? This is the true living Alahim that I want to tell you about. 24 He is the mighty Alahim who created the whole world and everything in it. He is the Creator of the land and the sky. He does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 He's the One who gives people life, breath, and everything else they need. He does not need any help from them. He has everything He needs. 26 Alahim began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live too.
27 Alahim wanted people to look for Him, and perhaps in searching all around for Him, they would find Him. But he is not far from any of us. 28 It is through him that we are able to live, to do what we do, and to be who we are. As your own poets have said, ‘We all come from Him.’ 29 That’s right. We all come from Alahim. So you must not think that He is like something people imagine or make. He is not made of gold, silver, or stone.
30 In the past people did not understand Alahim, and He overlooked this (MOST OF GENESIS). But now He is telling everyone in the world to change and turn to Him. 31 For He has decided on a day when He will judge all the people in the world in a way that is fair. To do this He will use a man He chose long ago. And He’s proven to everyone that this is the man to do it, by raising Him from the dead!”
32 And when the people heard about YAHUSHA being raised from the dead, some of them laughed. But others said, “We’ll hear more about this from you later.” 33 So Paul left the council meeting. 34 But some of the people joined with Paul and became believers. Among these were Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus council, a woman named Damaris, and some others.
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