Cities & towns · Macedonia
Berea
What was Berea?
Berea was the Macedonian town whose hearers “examined the Scriptures daily” — the Bible’s model students.
TodayVeria, northern Greece
Known forSearching the Scriptures daily
Escorted from Thessalonica by night, Paul and Silas came to quieter Berea and went, as always, to the synagogue.
The Bereans “were more noble-minded… they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.”
Many believed — and “Berean” has meant a careful, Scripture-testing reader ever since.
Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)
Acts 17:10 “As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.” Acts 17:11 “Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.”
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Original BibleDawn profile. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy. Scripture quoted from the public-domain Berean Standard Bible.