Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 17:2 in context
Acts 17:1–5
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Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
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Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
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Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
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But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
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