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explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
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A Model for Persuasion
Commentators explain that Paul's method was not just to declare facts, but to persuade. He would "open" the Scriptures, unfolding their true meaning, and then "allege," or logically set forth his case. He started from the common ground of the Old Testament to build a compelling argument for his Jewish audience, providing a powerful model for how to share the faith today.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Opening. dianoigwn. See Luke 24:32. The word means to explain or to unfold. It is usually applied to that which is shut, such as …
Opening and alleging (διανοιγων κα παρατιθεμενος). Opening the Scriptures, Luke means, as made plain by the mission and message of…
19th Century
Anglican
Opening and alleging.—The latter word is used in the sense of bringing forward proofs, and the two words imply an argumen…
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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
Opening. In this place, he describes the sum and subject of the disputation. He sets forth two points concerning Christ: that He must have died and…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Opening That is, the Scriptures of the Old Testament, explaining and expounding them, giving the true sense of them;…
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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 …
