A Short Ministry in Thessalonica
1 After they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, 17:1 Ac 20:4; Php 4:16; 1Th 1:1; 2Tm 4:10 where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 17:2 Ac 8:35; 9:20; 13:13–143 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and rise from the dead: "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah." 17:3 Lk 24:26; Jn 20:9; Ac 3:18; 9:22; 18:284 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women. 17:4 Jn 7:35; Ac 14:4; 15:22