“As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Many of the Jews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.” (Acts 17:10-12)
You know, we’ve often held the Bereans up as examples. But I realized the other day how misguided they were. I’m sure that one of the first lessons that Paul taught them was that the Old Testament was nailed to the cross and that they couldn’t search the Scriptures until he finished writing the New Testament.
At least that’s how I”ve heard it taught.