When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
- BSB So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
- NKJV So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening.
- NASB When they had set a day for Paul, people came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.
- NLT So a time was set, and on that day a large number of people came to Paul’s lodging. He explained and testified about the Kingdom of God and tried to persuade them about Jesus from the Scriptures. Using the law of Moses and the books of the prophets, he spoke to them from morning until evening.
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On an appointed day Paul spends from morning to evening expounding the kingdom of God and proving Jesus from Moses and the Prophets. The whole Old Testament testifies to Christ.
Overview
A large gathering comes, and Paul devotes a full day to testifying about God's kingdom and persuading them concerning Jesus from the Law and the Prophets. His method shows that the Scriptures of Israel, rightly read, point to the Messiah. This is the apostolic conviction that Christ is the key to all of Scripture (Luke 24:27).
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Cross-references · 12
- Acts 17:2–3Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- Acts 19:8He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
- Acts 18:28for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was 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 24:26–27Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
- Acts 26:6Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
- 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.”
- Acts 8:35Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- Acts 18:4He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
- Acts 20:9–11A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor, and was taken up dead.
- Phlm 1:2to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
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