• Acts 17:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 11 οὗτοι these δὲ but ἦσαν were εὐγενέστεροι of better race τῶν of the (ones) ἐν in Θεσσαλονίκῃ, Thessalonica, οἵτινες who ἐδέξαντο received τὸν the λόγον word μετὰ with πάσης all προθυμίας, mental readiness, τὸ the καθ’ down ἡμέραν day ἀνακρίνοντες examining τὰς the γραφὰς Scriptures εἰ if ἔχοι it would have ταῦτα these (things) οὕτως. thus.

  • Acts 17:11
    King James Version

    • 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

  • Acts 17:11
    American Standard Version

    • 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

  • Acts 17:11
    The Bible in Living English

    • 11 And these were a better stock than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with the utmost eagerness, examining the Scriptures day by day as to whether these things were so.

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 17:11

      carefully examining: Or “thoroughly studying.” The Greek term a·na·kriʹno has been defined as “to sift; to divide up; to separate.” It is sometimes used in the sense of conducting a judicial hearing. (Lu 23:14; Ac 4:9; 28:18; 1Co 4:3) Therefore, in this context, it conveys the idea of doing careful and exact research as in a legal process. The examination done by the Jews in Beroea was therefore not superficial; they probed carefully to confirm that what Paul and Silas were teaching from the Scriptures about Jesus as the long-promised Messiah was true.