Acts 17:3

and opened, and showed that it behooved Christ to suffer, and rise again from death, [or to suffer, and rise again from (the) dead], and that this is Jesus Christ, whom I tell to you. (and expounded upon them, and showed that it behooved the Messiah to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, and that this is Jesus Christ, about whom I tell you.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 by custom Paul entered to them, and by three sabbaths he declared to them of the scriptures, (And as was his custom, Paul went to them, and on three Sabbaths he declared the Scriptures to them,)

4And some of them believed, and were joined to Paul and to Silas; and a great multitude of heathen men worshipped God, and noble women not a few.

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Cross References

Luke 24:32And they said together, Whether our heart was not burning in us, while he spake to us in the way, and [he] opened to us [the] scriptures? (And they said to each other, Were not our hearts burning in us, while he spoke to us on the way, and he opened the Scriptures to us?)

Luke 24:46And he said to them, For thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer (or and thus it behooved the Messiah to suffer), and rise again from death the third day [or and rise again from (the) dead the third day];

Acts 1:4And he ate with them, and commanded [to them], that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but abide the promise of the Father (or but wait for the promise of the Father), which ye heard, he said, by my mouth;

Acts 3:18But God that before-told by the mouth of all (the) prophets, that his Christ should suffer (or that his Messiah should suffer), hath fulfilled so.

Acts 9:22But Saul much the more waxed strong [or Forsooth Saul much more waxed strong], and confounded the Jews that dwelled at Damascus, and affirmed that this is Christ. (But Saul grew stronger, and confused the Jews who lived in Damascus, and affirmed that Jesus is the Messiah.)

Acts 18:28For he greatly overcame (the) Jews, and showed openly by (the) scriptures, that Jesus is Christ (or that Jesus is the Messiah).

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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