Acts 17:2

And as he did bekvius (regularly), Rav Sha'ul joined their minyan, and on shloshah Shabbatot, he gave them drashot from the Kitvei HaKodesh,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

In Context

1Now having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonika, where there was a shul.

3Making a Messianic midrash (homiletical interpretation of the Scriptures) and giving the pshat (rationale) for the yissurim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, that it was necessary for him to suffer and to stand up alive from the Mesim, saying, This one is the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, this Yehoshua whom I am proclaiming to you.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, 1 saith Hashem; 1 though your sins be as scarlet, 1 they shall be as white as snow; 1 though they be red like crimson, 1 they shall be as wool. 1

John 18:20In reply, he said, In public I have spoken to the Olam Hazeh; I always taught in the Beit Haknesset and in the Beis Hamikdash, where all the Yehudim come together. Besod (in secret) I spoke nothing. + 18:20 Isa 45:19

Acts 9:20And immediately in the shuls Rav Sha'ul was preaching Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, saying, He is the Ben HaElohim.

Acts 13:14But having gone on from Perga, they came to Pisidian Antioch, and, having entered the shul on Shabbos, they sat down.

Acts 17:10And, immediately during the lailah, the Achim b'Moshiach sent both Rav Sha'ul and Sila to Berea. When Moshiachʼs Shlichim arrived, they joined the minyan in the shul.

Acts 18:4And Rav Sha'ul was debating in the shul every Shabbos, and he was convincing Yehudim and Yevanim.

Matthew Henry on Acts 17:2-10

Paul and Silas at Thessalonica. 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great… Read the whole commentary →

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