them out, they asked them to go
away from the city. And they went out of the prison, and entered into
the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted
them, and departed.

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[Illustration]
THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT CORINTH, WITH THE ACROPOLIS IN THE BACKGROUND.

From a photograph belonging to Smith College, and used by special
permission.

"It was its conspicuous position on the narrow neck of land between
the Aegean and Ionian seas which was the main cause of Corinth's
greatness. The construction of the famous ship Argo, on which Jason
sailed in search of the Golden Fleece, is assigned by mythology to
Corinth. The first Greek triremes were certainly built here. Neptune
was her god. Her colonies were spread over distant coasts in the East
and West. Ships came to her harbor from every sea."
[End illustration]

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III

PREACHING IN THE MACEDONIAN CITIES.

_Riot in Thessalonica. Success in Beroea_.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: and Paul, as his custom
was, went in unto them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them
from the scriptures, arguing that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and
to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, "whom," said he, "I
proclaim unto you, is the Christ."

And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; and of the
devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. But
the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows
of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar; and
assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the
people. And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain
brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, "These men who have
turned the world upside down are come hither also; whom Jason hath
received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying
that there is another king, one Jesus."

And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they
heard these things. And when they had taken bail from Jason and the
rest, they let them go.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Beroea: who when they were come {404} thither went into the synagogue of
the Jews. Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that
they received the word with all read