Acts 28:23 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 28:23

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

BSB

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ASV

And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded the matter, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

KJV

And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Appointed him a day - A day when they would hear him. Into his lodging - To the house where he resided, Act 28:30. He expounded - He explained or declared the principles of the Christian religion. And testified the kingdom of God - Bore witness to, or declared the principles and doctrines of the reign of the Messiah. See the notes on Mat 3:2. Persuading them concerning Jesus - Endeavoring to convince them that Jesus was the Messiah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

To whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus - These were his two grand topics, 1. That the kingdom of the Messiah was of a spiritual, not temporal nature: 2. That Jesus of Nazareth was the very person foretold, as the Lord of that kingdom.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There were many got together to Paul. Though he was a prisoner and could not come out to them, yet they were willing to come to him to his lodging. And the confinement he was now under, if duly considered, instead of prejudicing them against his doctrine, ought to confirm it to them; for it was a sign not only that he believed it, but that he thought it worth suffering for.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1970: “Loving Persuasion” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1887)

WHEREVER Paul is, he has but one errand and whenever Paul preaches, he has but one subject. Once at Athens, when he addressed the Areopagus, he seemed to wander a little from his main point and no special good followed, but this experience bound him all the faster to the Cross, for he afterwards said to the Corinthians, "I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and Him crucified." The Cross of Christ was his one theme. He henceforth hammered on the head of this one nail.

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Original language & word study

36 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ταξάμενοι	Taxamenoi	Having appointed	G5021 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
ἡμέραν	hēmeran	a day	G2250 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	came	G2064 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ξενίαν	xenian	lodging	G3578 →
πλείονες,	pleiones	many,	G4119 →
οἷς	hois	to whom	G3739 →
ἐξετίθετο	exetitheto	he was expounding	G1620 →
διαμαρτυρόμενος	diamarturomenos	fully testifying	G1263 →
τὴν	tēn	to the	G3588 →
βασιλείαν	basileian	kingdom	G932 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ,	theou	of God,	G2316 →
πείθων	peithōn	persuading	G3982 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ,	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
ἀπό	apo	from	G575 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
νόμου	nomou	law	G3551 →
Μωϋσέως	Mōuseōs	of Moses	G3475 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
προφητῶν	prophētōn	Prophets	G4396 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
πρωῒ	prōi	morning	G4404 →
ἕως	he'ōs	to	G2193 →
ἑσπέρας.	hesperas	evening.	G2073 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 18:28
For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
leads to
- Acts 26:22–23
  But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
  For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Acts 18:5
  And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 9:22
  But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
- Luke 24:44
  Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets,…
Through
Acts 19:8
Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
leads to
- Acts 1:3
  After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
- Acts 9:20–22
  Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
- Jude 1:3
  Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all…

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