for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
- KJV For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
- BSB For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
- NKJV for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
- NLT He refuted the Jews with powerful arguments in public debate. Using the Scriptures, he explained to them that Jesus was the Messiah.
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Apollos powerfully refuted the Jews in public, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
Overview
Now fully instructed, Apollos used his eloquence and scriptural mastery to defend the gospel openly. His demonstration that Jesus is the promised Messiah is the same central claim Paul made everywhere. The verse shows how a gifted believer, properly taught, becomes a mighty asset to the church's witness.
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Cross-references · 10
- 1 Cor 15:3–4For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Acts 18:5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
- Acts 9:22But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
- Acts 26:22–23Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
- Luke 24:44He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
- John 5:39“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
- Luke 24:27Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
- Acts 17:3explaining 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.”
- Heb 7:1–10For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
- Acts 18:25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
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