 The town is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, where the apostles Paul, Silas and Timothy preached the Christian gospel.Paul, Silas and Timothy traveled to Berea by night after fleeing from Thessalonica, as recorded in .They 'immediately' went to the synagogue of the Jews to preach, and the Bereans were very accepting; the writer of the Acts of the Apostles noted the difference between the Thessalonians' response to the gospel and the Bereans' response