Acts 17:3

which he clearly explained, pointing out that it had been necessary for the Christ to suffer and rise again from the dead, and insisting, "The Jesus whom I am announcing to you is the Christ."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

2Paul--following his usual custom--betook himself to it, and for three successive Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

4Some of the people were won over, and attached themselves to Paul and Silas, including many God-fearing Greeks and not a few gentlewomen of high rank.

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Cross References

Luke 24:32"Were not our hearts," they said to one another, "burning within us while He talked to us on the way and explained the Scriptures to us?"

Luke 24:46and He said, "Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise again from among the dead;

Acts 1:4And while in their company He charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father's promised gift. "This you have heard of," He said, "from me.

Acts 3:18But in this way God has fulfilled the declarations He made through all the Prophets, that His Christ would suffer.

Acts 9:22Saul, however, gained more and more influence, and as for the Jews living in Damascus, he bewildered them with his proofs that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 18:28for he powerfully and in public overcame the Jews in argument, proving to them from 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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