Acts 18:28

For he reasoned powerfully against the Jews, before the congregation; and showed from the scriptures, respecting Jesus, that he is the Messiah.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

In Context

27And when he was disposed to go to Achaia, the brethren anticipated him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. And, by going, through grace, he greatly assisted all them that believed.

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Cross References

Luke 24:27Then he began from Moses, and from all the prophets, and expounded to them concerning himself from all the scriptures.

John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me.

Acts 17:3expounding and showing, that the Messiah was to suffer, and to arise from the dead, and that this Jesus whom I announce to you is the Messiah.

Acts 18:25He had been instructed in the ways of the Lord, and was fervent in spirit; and he discoursed and taught fully respecting Jesus, while yet he knew nothing except the baptism of John.

1 Corinthians 15:3For I delivered to you from the first, as I had received it; that the Messiah died on account of our sins, as it is written:

Matthew Henry on Acts 18:25-28

The Character of Apollos. 24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 And when he was disposed… Read the whole commentary →

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