Note 1 at Acts 17:10: Berea was a city in the southwestern portion of Macedonia (see note 1 at Acts 16:9, p. 667) about fifty miles west of Thessalonica (see note 3 at Acts 17:1, p. ) and twenty three miles inland from the Agean Sea. Paul preached here on his second missionary journey and passed through Berea twice on his third missionary journey (Acts 20:1-4). The city still exists today and is called Verria or Boor.

Special mention is made in verse 11 of the Bereans being more noble than their countrymen in Thessalonica because they searched the scriptures to confirm what Paul and Silas were preaching. The results of that was that many people believed on the Lord Jesus Christ (see note at v. 12, this page). In Acts 20:4 we read that one of Paul's co-workers, Sopater, was from Berea.