Study it in the app“explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Messiah.””
explainingδιανοίγωνandκαὶdemonstratingπαρατιθέμενοςthatὅτιthe Messiahτὸν χριστὸνhadἔδειto sufferπαθεῖνandκαὶto riseἀναστῆναιfromἐκthe dead,νεκρῶνandκαὶsaying,“ThisοὗτόςJesus,ὁ ἸησοῦςwhomὃνIἐγὼproclaimκαταγγέλλωto you,ὑμῖνisἐστινthe Messiah.”ὁ χριστός
explain
To open up the meaning of the Scriptures.
Where else “dianoigōn” appearsprove
To lay out evidence before others so they see something is true.
Where else “paratithemenos” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christon” appearsmust
Something that has to be done.
Where else “edei” appearssuffer
Suffer, undergo.
Where else “pathein” appearsrise
To come back to life.
Where else “anastēnai” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appearsproclaim
Proclaim, announce publicly.
Where else “katangellō” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears2And according to Paul’s custom, he went in to them, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 · This verse (above)
4And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and so did a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women.
1. What it says
What did the people of Berea do with what Paul said, and what came of it? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
In Athens, Paul starts from the altar "to an unknown god" (vv. 22-23). Why does he begin with something they already knew?
3. How I live it
When talking with someone who thinks differently, how can you start from what you share and listen with respect?
