1. Acts 13:14 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why did they sit down in the synagogue?

Acts 13:14 (ESV)

14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

The Jewish synagogue would typically have stone benches to the side of the room or wooden benches in the middle.1