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Acts 17:3

opening and proving, that it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead, and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is the Christ.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And according to custom to Paul, he came in unto them, and for three Sabbaths he expounded unto them from the scriptures,

4And certain ones of them were persuaded, and identified themselves with Paul and Silas, and of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

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Cross References

Luke 24:32And they said to one another, Did not our heart bum within us, while He was talking to us on the way, as He was expounding the Scriptures to us?

Luke 24:46And He said to them, As it has been written, That Christ must suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day;

Acts 1:4and being assembled together with them, He commanded them, Not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father which ye heard from me;

Acts 3:18and those things which God proclaimed through the mouth of all the prophets that his Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled.

Acts 9:22And Saul continued to be the more filled up with dynamite, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 18:28For he vehemently argued down the Jews, publicly, showing through 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 →

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