"The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.  Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.  Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.  But when the Jews of Thessolonica found out the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.  then immediately the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there.  Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come as soon as possible, they left."

There are a couple of important things we see in this verse:

One is the 'when it rains, it pours,' concept.  Once opposition hit the gospel message, it kept coming.  Amazing what people will do to keep the power they think they have.  These opposers would not let go - just like Paul when he was known as Saul.

The second point to notice here is the fact that, no matter how much opposition was present, the word of the Lord still saved people's lives.  Paul and Silas were still effective.  This is not because of man, it is because of God.

In fact, you will notice that the only thing Paul and Silas continually did was show up and talk about God.

Maybe that is our call today:  Show up and talk about God.