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使徒行传 17:3
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講解證明基督必須受害,從死人中復活,說:“我所傳給你們的這位耶穌,就是基督。”
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Opening: Acts 2:16-36, Acts 3:22-26, Acts 13:26-39
Christ: Luke 24:26, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:32, Luke 24:44, Luke 24:46, 1 Corinthians 15:3, 1 Corinthians 15:4, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Thessalonians 1:6
this: Acts 2:36, Acts 9:22, Acts 18:28, Galatians 3:1
whom I preach: Acts 1:4
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 12:7 - reason Nehemiah 8:8 - and gave the sense Mark 13:7 - must Luke 2:11 - which Luke 2:26 - the Lord's Luke 9:20 - The Acts 3:18 - those Acts 5:42 - preach Acts 8:5 - preached Acts 8:35 - preached Acts 18:5 - and testified Acts 18:19 - but Acts 28:23 - he expounded 1 Corinthians 9:20 - unto Colossians 1:28 - Whom 1 Thessalonians 2:2 - bold 1 Peter 2:21 - because
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Opening,.... That is, the Scriptures of the Old Testament, explaining and expounding them, giving the true sense of them; so this word is frequently used in Jewish writings e, as that such a Rabbi פת×, "opened", such a Scripture:
and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; he set this matter in a clear light, and made it plain and manifest, from the writings of the Old Testament, that there was a necessity of the Messiah's suffering and rising from the dead; or otherwise these Scriptures would not have been fulfilled, which have said that so it must be; for these things were not only necessary on account of God's decrees, and the covenant transactions the Son of God entered into, and on the account of the salvation of his people; but because of the types, promises, and prophecies of the Old Testament: the Scriptures which the apostle opened and set before them, and reasoned upon, showing the necessity of these things, very likely were such as these, Genesis 3:15
Isaiah 53:1 with many others:
and that this Jesus whom I preach unto you is Christ; he showed that all the things which were spoken of Christ, or the Messiah, in those Scriptures, were fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth, who was the subject matter, the sum and substance of his ministry; and therefore he must be the Messiah, and the only Saviour and Redeemer of lost sinners.
e Zohar passim.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Opening - διανοιÌγÏν dianoigoÌn. See 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 - ÏαÏαÏιθεÌÎ¼ÎµÎ½Î¿Ï paratithemenos. Laying 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 of Nazareth had done. The sense of this will be better seen by retaining the word âMessiah.â âThat there was a fitness or necessity that the Messiah expected by the Jews, and predicted in their Scriptures, should suffer.â This point the Jews were unwilling to admit; but it was essential to his argument in proving that Jesus was the Messiah to show that it was foretold that he should die for the sins of people. On the necessity of this, see the notes on Luke 24:26-27.
Have suffered - That he should die.
And that this Jesus - And that this Jesus of Nazareth, who has thus suffered and risen, whom, said he, I preach to you, is the Messiah.
The arguments by which Paul probably proved that Jesus was the Messiah were:
(1) That he corresponded with the prophecies respecting him in the following particulars:
- He was born at Bethlehem, Micah 5:2.
- He was of the tribe of Judah, Genesis 49:10.
- He was descended from Jesse, and of the royal line of David, Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 11:10.
- He came at the time predicted, Daniel 9:24-27.
- His appearance, character, work, etc., corresponded with the predictions, Isaiah 53:1-12.
(2) His miracles proved that he was the Messiah, for he professed to be, and God would not work a miracle to confirm the claims of an impostor.
(3) For the same reason, his resurrection from the dead proved that he was the Messiah.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 17:3. Opening and alleging — ÏαÏαÏιθεμνοÏ, 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 Saviour 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, he corrected their false notion of a triumphant Messiah, and thus removed the scandal of the cross.