ing ▁the ▁g ospel ▁there . ▁Paul ▁and ▁Sil as ▁made ▁their ▁journey ▁from ▁Th ess al onica ▁to ▁Bere a ▁by ▁night ▁( Act s 1 7 : 1 0 ). ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁Tim othy , ▁a ▁student ▁of ▁the ▁apost le ▁Paul , ▁joined ▁him ▁during ▁the ▁journey ▁to ▁Bere a . ▁ ▁The ▁people ▁of ▁Bere a ▁were ▁more ▁accepting ▁than ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Th ess al onica ▁of ▁the ▁message ▁from ▁the ▁Apost le ▁and ▁his ▁compan ions . ▁The ▁community ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁consider ▁carefully ▁what ▁they ▁learned ▁from ▁Paul ▁before ▁truly ▁bel ieving ▁it ▁( ). ▁ ▁After ▁Paul , ▁Sil as , ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁their ▁group ▁had ▁spent ▁several ▁days ▁in ▁Bere a , ▁some ▁Jews ▁from ▁Th ess al onica ▁got ▁word ▁that ▁Paul ▁and ▁Sil as ▁were ▁pre aching ▁in ▁Bere a ▁and ▁stir red ▁up ▁trouble ; ▁Paul ▁was ▁again ▁forced ▁to ▁leave . ▁ ▁Some ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁con greg ation ▁helped ▁Paul ▁to ▁get ▁to ▁Ath ens , ▁but ▁Sil as ▁and ▁Tim othy ▁stayed ▁in ▁Bere a , ▁then ▁later ▁caught ▁up ▁with ▁Paul ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Cor inth ▁( ). ▁ ▁Later , ▁a ▁certain ▁S op ater ▁of ▁Bere a ▁joined ▁Paul ▁on ▁his ▁journey ▁( ). ▁It ▁is ▁said ▁that ▁S op ater ▁was ▁ordered ▁by ▁a ▁deleg ation ▁from ▁Bere a ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁J ude a ▁with ▁funds ▁that ▁would ▁help ▁the ▁need y ▁of ▁that ▁region