Acts 17:3
He was opening the scriptures and explaining that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead. He said, “This Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ.”
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Luke 24:32They said one to another, “Was not our heart burning within us, while he spoke to us on the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?”
Luke 24:46He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead on the third day.
Acts 1:4When he was meeting together with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, about which, he said, “You heard from me
Acts 3:18But the things which God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he has now fulfilled.
Acts 9:22But Saul became more and more powerful, and he was causing distress among the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 18:28Apollos powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, showing by the scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
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 →