NEW TESTAMENT

Acts 17:2

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Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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Verse 2. It was customary with Saint Paul to open the Scriptures first to the Jews, (Acts 13:46) and to argue with them from the law and the prophets. Acts 28:23. Saint Paul made use of the same passages of Scripture to convince the Jews, as Jesus Christ did on a similar occasion. Mat. Polus.

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