This adjective designates someone from Berea, the Macedonian city where Paul and Silas found a synagogue 'more noble' than Thessalonica's, examining the Scriptures daily to verify apostolic teaching (Acts 17:10-11). In Acts 20:4, Luke mentions Sopater the Beroean (Βεροιαῖος) among Paul's traveling companions on the collection journey to Jerusalem. The term marks geographical origin and, by association, evokes the Bereans' exemplary Scripture-searching spirit. Sopater's inclusion among the delegates underscores the unity of the multi-ethnic churches contributing to the Jerusalem relief fund. His identity as a Βεροιαῖος recalls the noble receptivity of his home synagogue.