explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
3. Opening. In this place he describeth the sum and subject of the disputation, and he putteth down two members concerning Christ, that he must have died and risen again, and that the son of Mary which was crucified is Christ. When the question is concerning Christ, there come three things in question, Whether he be, who he is, and what he is.
Paul did not fail or grow discouraged after the shameful treatment at Philippi; opposition made him more resolute, and no force but the Spirit of power from on high could have sustained him through such trials. He passed through smaller cities but rested in Thessalonica, divinely directed where to sow and where to move on.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 17:1-9
Opening,.... That is, the Scriptures of the Old Testament, explaining and expounding them, giving the true sense of them; so this word is frequently used in Jewish writings (e), as that such a Rabbi "opened", such a Scripture: and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; he set this matter in a clear light, and made it plain and...