The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
In these verses we have, I. Paul and Silas removing to Berea, and employed in preaching the gospel there, Act 17:10. They had proceeded so far at Thessalonica that the foundations of a church were laid, and others were raised up to carry on the work that was begun, against whom the rulers and people were not so much prejudiced as they were against Paul...
Commenting on Acts 17:10-15
And then immediately the brethren,.... That were at Berea, the new converts there: sent away Paul, whom they knew the Jews mostly sought after, and were offended with: to go as it were to the sea; the Aegean sea, or Archipelago, near to which Berea was: this seems to have been done, in order to make the people conclude that he intended to take shipping...
Verse 14. The brethren. Those who were Christians. Sent away Paul. In order to secure his safety. A similar thing had been done in Thessalonica, . The tumult was great; and there was no doubt, such was the hostility of the Jews, that the life of Paul would be endangered, and they therefore resolved to secure his safety. As it were.