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Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
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A Strategic Custom
Commentators note that Paul's practice of first visiting the synagogue was a deliberate strategy. Following the "to the Jew first" principle, he used the synagogue as what one scholar calls a "springboard" to reach both Jews and God-fearing Gentiles with the gospel, establishing a consistent pattern for his missionary work in new cities.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
His manner was. His custom was to attend the worship of the synagogue and to preach the gospel to his countrymen first,[Reference Acts 9:2…
As his custom was (κατα το ειωθος τω Παυλω). The same construction in Lu 4:16 about Jesus in Nazareth (κατα το ειωθος αυτω) with t…
19th Century
Anglican
Paul, as was his custom . . .—What we read about occurring in Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:14–15) was, w…
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In portraying the extension of the Gospel to the main cities bordering the Aegean Sea, Luke lays special emphasis on the fact that Paul’s preaching…
16th Century
Protestant
He disputed. Luke first sets down the substance of the disputation—namely, that Jesus, the son of Mary, is Christ, who was promised previo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them To the Jews in their synagogue; for though the Jews had put away the …
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The aim and scope of Paul's preaching and arguing was to prove that Jesus is the Christ. He necessarily had to suffer for us, because he could not …