New King James Version
Acts 17:3
3explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”
Acts 17:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said.
- English Standard Version (ESV)explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
- New Living Translation (NLT)He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead. He said, “This Jesus I’m telling you about is the Messiah.”
Context of Acts 17:3
1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.” 4And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas. 5But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Read all of Acts 17Acts 17:3 word by word
διανοίγων καὶ παρατιθέμενος ὅτι τὸν χριστὸν ἔδει παθεῖν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν καὶ ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστὸς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὃν ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Openingδιανοίγωdianoigō · to open upG1272
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- allegingπαρατίθημιparatithēmi · to set beforeG3908
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- Christὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- must needsδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
- have sufferedπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
- risen againἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
- fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- preachκαταγγέλλωkataggellō · to proclaimG2605
- unto youσύsu · youG4771
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
Cross-references for Acts 17:3
- Acts 2:16But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
- Acts 3:22For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.
- Acts 13:26“Men and brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word of this salvation has been sent.
- Luke 24:26Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”
- 1 Corinthians 15:3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
- Acts 2:36“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”
- Acts 9:22But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 18:28for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
- Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
- Acts 1:4And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;
Commentaries on Acts 17:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Opening and alleging - , Proving by citations. His method seems to have been this: 1st. He collected the scriptures that spoke of the Messiah. 2d. He applied these to Jesus Christ, showing that in him all these scriptures were fulfilled, and that he was the Savior of whom they were in expectation. He showed also that the Christ, or Messiah, must needs suffer - that this was predicted, and was an essential mark of the true Messiah. By proving this point…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Opening - ́ dianoigōnSee Luke 24:32. The word means to explain or to unfold. It is usually applied to what is shut, as the eye, etc. Then it means to explain what is concealed or obscure. It means here that he explained the Scriptures in their true sense. And alleging - ́ paratithemenosLaying down the proposition; that is, maintaining that it must be so. That Christ must needs have suffered - That there was a fitness and necessity in his dying, as Jesus…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Amphipolis 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).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. Paul, as his manner was--always to begin with the Jews. went in unto them--In writing to the converts but a few months after this, he reminds them of the courage and superiority to indignity, for the Gospel's sake, which this required after the shameful treatment he had so lately experienced at Philippi (1Th 2:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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