Acts 28:23

²¹ The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

²² But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

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.

²⁴ Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

²⁵ They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded [the matter,] testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
DARBY: And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening.
BLB: Then, having appointed to him a day, many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded from morning to evening, fully testifying to the kingdom of God and persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

ÅB: Etter at de da hadde avtalt en dag med ham, kom de i større mengde til ham i hans herberge; han la da ut for dem, idet han vitnet om Guds rike og søkte å overbevise dem om Jesus ut av Mose lov og profetene, fra årle morgen til kveld silde.
OTB: De avtalte å møte Paulus på en bestemt dag, og flere kom til hans losji. Han forklarte for dem fra morgen til kveld, vitnet om Guds rike og forsøkte å overbevise dem om Jesus ut fra både Moseloven og profetene.
B1930: Efterat de da hadde avtalt en dag med ham, kom de i større mengde til ham i hans herberge; han la da ut for dem, idet han vidnet om Guds rike og søkte å overbevise dem om Jesus ut av Mose lov og profetene, fra årle morgen til aften silde.

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Acts 19:8
Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
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Acts 17:2–3
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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Acts 18:28
For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
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Acts 26:22–23
But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
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Luke 24:26–27
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
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Acts 8:35
Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
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Acts 26:6
And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
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Luke 24:44
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
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