Acts 17:3

Translations

Modern

…explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

Traditional

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.

Literal

…opening and setting forth that it was necessary for the Christ to have suffered and to have risen out from the dead, and that “this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ.”

Latin

…adaperiens et insinuans quia Christum oportuit pati, et resurgere a mortuis: et quia hic est Jesus Christus, quem ego annuntio vobis.

Original

Greek

English

…explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

Notes

Acts 17:1–3

Amphipolis was a Roman military post on the Egnatian Way in northeastern Macedonia.
Apollonia, named after the Greek god Apollo, was also on the Egnatian Way.
Thessalonica was a good place to begin ministry because it had a Jewish synagogue (see study note on 9:2). Paul preached there for three consecutive Sabbath days. He explained the Scriptures and showed how they are fulfilled in Jesus (how they come true in him).

Acts 17:1–9

After traveling through Macedonia to Thessalonica, Paul first preached to the Jews in the synagogue (Romans 1:16). As in other places, there was a mixed response.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) The Messiah The Resurrection of the Dead

Events

Second Missionary Journeyc. AD 46
Uproar in Thessalonica

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They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
1 Thessalonians 1:5–6
…because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
1 Corinthians 15:3–4
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Luke 24:46
And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
Acts 3:18
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
Acts 2:16–36
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
John 20:9
For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
Acts 3:22–26
For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
Luke 24:26–27
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Dispersion of the Jews, Diaspora First Letter to the Thessalonians Heal, Healing Jason Jude, Letter of Macedonia Persecution Synagogue Thessalonica Travel

Topics

Atonement: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Christian Minister: Persecution: Paul Greece: Inhabitants of Accept the Messiah Jesus, the Christ: Other Scriptures Relating to his Messiahship Jesus, the Christ: Resurrection of Jesus, the Christ: Sufferings of Law: (Contained in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) in Synagogues Paul: Visits Amphipolis, Apollonia, and Thessalonica; Preaches in the Synagogue Preaching: Christ Crucified and Risen, the Burden of Paul's Religious Zeal: Exemplified by Paul Salvation: Plan of The Death of Christ: Necessary for the Redemption of Man

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