Bereans
- plural of Berean.
Example Sentences
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It is commended in the Bereans, Acts xvii.
From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by Brown, John (of Wamphray)
Leaving Timothy and Silas behind him, Paul, accompanied by some faithful Bereans, embarked for Athens,--the centre of philosophy and art, whose wonderful prestige had induced its Roman conquerors to preserve its ancient glories.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets by Lord, John
I call upon you to be Bereans in architecture, as you are in religion, and to search into these things for yourselves.
From Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 by Ruskin, John
And the Bereans were commended as more noble, because they searched the Scriptures daily, to know whether the things preached by the apostles were so.
From A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Newcomb, Harvey
The Bereans were commended for their attention and diligence in this respect.
From Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, established in New South Wales And Norfolk Island by Johnson, Richard
