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Acts 18:28
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He stood up to the Jews lofty arguments in public meetings. He used the Good Book to prove Jesus was the Top Hand who would save all those who rode for him.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.
For he with great force convinced the Jews publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
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for he powerfully and in public overcame the Jews in argument, proving to them from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
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For he powerfully confuted the Jews publicly, proving through the Scriptures Jesus to be the Christ.
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for he strenuously disputed with the Jews in publick, proving from the scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public discussions, proving by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).
for he powerfully confuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
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for he powerfully confuted the Jews publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and that] publicly, showing by the scriptures, that Jesus was Christ.
for powerfully the Jews he was refuting publicly, shewing through the Writings Jesus to be the Christ.
He argued very strongly with the Jews before all the people, clearly proving with the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
He got into fierce arguments with the Jewish people, and in public he used the Scriptures to prove that Jesus is the Messiah.
for he powerfully and conclusively refuted the unbelieving Jews in public, demonstrating by the Tanakh that Yeshua is the Messiah.
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For he forcefully and publicly argued against the Jews, proving by the scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
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For he disputed forcibly against the Jihudoyee before the assemblies, while he showed from the scriptures concerning Jeshu, that he is the Meshiha.
For he reasoned powerfully against the Jews, before the congregation; and showed from the scriptures, respecting Jesus, that he is the Messiah.
He refuted the Jews with powerful arguments in public debate. Using the Scriptures, he explained to them that Jesus was the Messiah.
In front of everyone he proved with great power that the Jews were wrong. He showed from the Holy Writings that Jesus was the Christ.
for he powerfully confuted the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that the Messiah is Jesus.
for, with great force, began he confuting the Jews, publicly, shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was, the Christ.
For with much vigour he convinced the Jews openly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
For he was vigorously refuting the Jews in public, demonstrating through the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
For he ouercame the Iewes myghtilye, and that openly, shewyng by the scriptures, that Iesus was Christe.
He argued very strongly against the Jews before all the people. He clearly proved that the Jews were wrong. He used the Scriptures and showed that Jesus is the Messiah.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
For with his strong arguments he defeated the Jews in public debates by proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.
For he greetli ouercam Jewis, and schewide opynli bi scripturis, that Jhesu is Crist.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
convinced: Acts 18:5, Acts 18:25, Acts 9:22, Acts 17:3, Acts 26:22, Acts 26:23, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:44, 1 Corinthians 15:3, 1 Corinthians 15:4, Hebrews 7:1 - Hebrews 10:39
showing: John 5:39
was Christ: or, is the Christ, Acts 18:5
Reciprocal: Acts 8:35 - began Acts 18:24 - mighty Acts 28:23 - he expounded Titus 1:9 - to convince
Cross-References
"My lord," said Abraham, "if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised."
So the LORD replied, "If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place."
Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, "Suppose forty are found there?" He answered, "On account of the forty, I will not do it."
Finally, Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?" And He answered, "On account of the ten, I will not destroy it."
When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For he mightily convinced the Jews,.... His reasoning was so strong and nervous, his arguments so weighty and powerful, and the passages he produced out of the Old Testament so full and pertinent, that the Jews were not able to stand against him; they could not object to the texts of Scripture he urged, nor to the sense he gave of them, nor answer the arguments founded upon them; he was an overmatch for them; they were refuted by him over and over, and were confounded to the last degree:
and that publicly, in their synagogue, before all the people; which increased their shame and confusion; and was the means of spreading the Gospel, of bringing others to the faith of it, and of establishing them in it, who had already received it: showing by the Scriptures; of the Old Testament, which the Jews received and acknowledged as the word of God:
that Jesus was Christ; or that Christ, that Messiah, which these Scriptures spoke of, whom God had promised, and the church of God expected; and which was the main thing in controversy between the Jews and the Christians, as it still is.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For he mightily convinced the Jews - He did it by strong arguments; he bore down all opposition, and effectually silenced them.
And that publicly - In his public preaching in the synagogue and elsewhere.
Showing by the scriptures - Proving from the Old Testament. Showing that Jesus of Nazareth corresponded with the account of the Messiah given by the prophets. See the notes on John 5:39.
That Jesus was Christ - See the margin. That Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 18:28. He mightily convinced the Jews — ευτονως διακατηλεγχετο; He vehemently confuted the Jews; and that publicly, not in private conferences, but in his public preaching: showing by the scriptures of the Old Testament, which the Jews received as divinely inspired, that Jesus, who had lately appeared among them, and whom they had crucified, was the Christ, the promised Messiah, and that there was salvation in none other; and that they must receive him as the Messiah, in order to escape the wrath to come. This they refused to do; and we know the consequence. Their city was sacked, their temple burnt, their whole civil and religious polity subverted, more than a million of themselves killed, and the rest scattered over the face of the earth.
1. THE Christian religion did not hide itself in corners and obscure places at first, in order, privately, to get strength, before it dared to show itself publicly. Error, conscious of its weakness, and that its pretensions cannot bear examination, is obliged to observe such a cautious procedure. With what caution, circumspection, and privacy, did Mohammed propose his new religion! He formed a party by little and little, in the most private manner, before he ventured to exhibit his pretensions openly. Not so Christianity: it showed itself in the most public manner, not only in the teaching of Christ, but also in that of the apostles. Even after the crucifixion of our Lord, the apostles and believers went to the temple, the most public place; and in the most public manner taught and worked miracles. JERUSALEM, the seat of the doctors, the judge of religion, was the first place in which, by the command of their Lord, the disciples preached Christ crucified. They were, therefore, not afraid to have their cause tried by the most rigid test of Scripture; and in the very place, too, where that Scripture was best understood.
2. When the same apostles. carried this Gospel to heathen countries, did they go to the villages, among the less informed or comparatively ignorant Greeks, in order to form a party, and shield themselves by getting the multitude on their side? No! They went to Caesarea, to Antioch, to Thessalonica, to ATHENS, to CORINTH, to EPHESUS; to the very places where learning flourished most, where sciences were best cultivated, where imposture was most likely to be detected, and where the secular power existed in the most despotic manner, and could at once have crushed them to nothing could they have been proved to be impostors, or had they not been under the immediate protection of Heaven! Hence it is evident that these holy men feared no rational investigation of their doctrines, for they taught them in the face of the most celebrated schools in the universe!
3. They preached Christ crucified in JERUSALEM, where it was the most solemn interest of the Jews to disprove their doctrine, that they might exculpate themselves from the murder of Jesus Christ. They preached the same Christ, and the vanity of idolatry, in Athens, in Corinth, and in Ephesus, where idolatry existed in the plenitude of its power; and where all its interests required it to make the moat desperate and formidable stand against those innovators. What but the fullest confidence of the truth of what they preached, the fullest conviction of the Divinity of their doctrine, and the supernatural influence of God upon their souls, could ever have induced these men to preach Christ crucified, either at Jerusalem, or at Athens? I scruple not to assert that the bold, public manner in which the apostles preached the Gospel, among the Jews and Greeks, is a most incontestable proof of the conviction they had of its truth; and the success with which they were favoured is a demonstration that what they preached as truth God proved to be the truth, by stretching forth his hand to heal, and causing signs and wonders to be wrought in the name of the holy child Jesus. This is an additional proof of the sincerity of the apostles, and of the truth of Christianity. If Paul and Peter, Barnabas and Silas, had not had the fullest persuasion that their doctrine was of God, they would never have ventured to propose it before the Sanhedrin in JERUSALEM, the literati of CORINTH, and the Stoics and inexorable judges of the Areopagus at ATHENS.
4. We may be surprised to find that, even among the Jews as well as the Gentiles, there were persons who used curious arts. Those were inexcusable; these were to be pitied. Blind as every man is by nature, yet he is conscious that without supernatural assistance he can neither secure the good he needs, nor avoid the evil he fears: therefore, he endeavours to associate to himself the influence of supernatural agents, in order to preserve him in safety, and make him happy. Thus forsaking and forgetting the fountain of living water, he hews out to himself cisterns that can hold no water. The existence of magical arts and incantations, whether real or pretended, prove the general belief of the existence of a spiritual world, and man's consciousness of his own weakness, and his need of supernatural help. When shall the eye be directed solely to HIM from whom alone true help can come, by whom evil is banished, and happiness restored!
