717 B
717 B
You became imitators
To "imitate" means to act like or to copy the behavior of another.
received the word
"Word" is a metonym for "message". (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy) AT: "welcomed the teaching" or "accepted the teaching"
in much hardship
"during a time of great suffering" or "in much persecution"
Achaia
This is an ancient district in what is present-day Greece. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)