Preaching Christ at Thessalonica
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Acts 17:11, 13; 20:4; 27:2; Phil. 4:16; 1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess. 1:1; 2 Tim. 4:10Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 Then Paul, as his custom was, Luke 4:16; Acts 9:20; 13:5, 14; 14:1; 16:13; 19:8went in to them, and for three Sabbaths 1 Thess. 2:1–16reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstrating Luke 24:26, 46; Acts 18:5, 28; Gal. 3:1that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ." 4 Acts 28:24And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Acts 15:22, 27, 32, 40Silas.