Text -- Acts 17:11 (NET)

17:11 These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 17:11

¹ tn Grk “These”; the referent (the Jews in the synagogue at Berea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “more willing to learn.” L&N 27.48 and BDAG 404 s.v. εὐγενής 2 both use the term “open-minded” here. The point is that they were more receptive to Paul’s message.

³ sn Thessalonica was a city in Macedonia (modern Salonica).

map For location see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.

⁴ tn Or “willingly,” “readily”; Grk “with all eagerness.”

⁵ tn Grk “who received.” Here the relative pronoun (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“they”) preceded by a semicolon, which is less awkward in contemporary English than a relative clause at this point.

⁶ tn This verb (BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 1) refers to careful examination.

⁷ tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase in this verse.