Each Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and Greeks alike.

每逢安息日，保罗在会堂里辩论，劝化犹太人和希腊人。

每逢安息日，保罗在会堂里辩论，劝导犹太人和希腊人。

每逢安息日，保罗在会堂里辩论，劝导犹太人和希腊人。

保罗每个安息日都到会堂与犹太人和希腊人辩论，劝导他们信主。

每逢安息日，保罗在会堂辩论，劝导犹太人和希腊人归主。

每逢安息日，保罗就在会堂里讲论，劝导犹太人和希腊人。

每逢安息日，保羅在會堂裏辯論，勸化猶太人和希臘人。

每逢安息日，保羅在會堂裏辯論，勸導猶太人和希臘人。

每逢安息日，保羅在會堂裏辯論，勸導猶太人和希臘人。

保羅每個安息日都到會堂與猶太人和希臘人辯論，勸導他們信主。

每逢安息日，保羅在會堂辯論，勸導猶太人和希臘人歸主。

每逢安息日、保羅總在會堂裏辯論，勸化了猶太人和希利尼人。

每逢安息日，保羅就在會堂裡講論，勸導猶太人和希臘人。

每安息日、保羅在會堂辯論、勸猶太人與希利尼人、○

每逢安息日、保羅在會堂辯論、勸猶太、希利尼人、

每至安息日、保羅在會堂辯論、勸猶太及希拉人、

每屆禮日、葆樂講道會堂、迪化猶太人與希臘人。

Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

Every Sabbath day he went to the synagogue. He was trying to get both Jews and Greeks to believe in the Lord.

And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

And Paul was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened to be there.

Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too.

When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures.

Hezekiah has said,‘ The Lord our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.’ Surely Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!

And the people of Berea were more open minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.

They accused Paul of“ persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to our law.”

Then Paul went to the synagogue and preached boldly for the next three months, arguing persuasively about the Kingdom of God.

But as you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren’t really gods at all. And he’s done this not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province!

“ But Abraham said,‘ If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

But Paul and Barnabas traveled inland to Antioch of Pisidia. On the Sabbath they went to the synagogue for the services.After the usual readings from the books of Moses and the prophets, those in charge of the service sent them this message:“ Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, come and give it.”So Paul stood, lifted his hand to quiet them, and started speaking.“ Men of Israel,” he said,“ and you God fearing Gentiles, listen to me.“ The God of this nation of Israel chose our ancestors and made them multiply and grow strong during their stay in Egypt. Then with a powerful arm he led them out of their slavery.He put up with them through forty years of wandering in the wilderness.Then he destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to Israel as an inheritance.All this took about 450 years.“ After that, God gave them judges to rule until the time of Samuel the prophet.Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said,‘ I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’“ And it is one of King David’s descendants, Jesus, who is God’s promised Savior of Israel!Before he came, John the Baptist preached that all the people of Israel needed to repent of their sins and turn to God and be baptized.As John was finishing his ministry he asked,‘ Do you think I am the Messiah? No, I am not! But he is coming soon— and I’m not even worthy to be his slave and untie the sandals on his feet.’“ Brothers— you sons of Abraham, and also you God fearing Gentiles— this message of salvation has been sent to us!The people in Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize Jesus as the one the prophets had spoken about. Instead, they condemned him, and in doing this they fulfilled the prophets’ words that are read every Sabbath.They found no legal reason to execute him, but they asked Pilate to have him killed anyway.“ When they had done all that the prophecies said about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.But God raised him from the dead!And over a period of many days he appeared to those who had gone with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people of Israel.“ And now we are here to bring you this Good News. The promise was made to our ancestors,and God has now fulfilled it for us, their descendants, by raising Jesus. This is what the second psalm says about Jesus:‘ You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’For God had promised to raise him from the dead, not leaving him to rot in the grave. He said,‘ I will give you the sacred blessings I promised to David.’Another psalm explains it more fully:‘ You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.’This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed.No, it was a reference to someone else— someone whom God raised and whose body did not decay.“ Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins.Everyone who believes in him is made right in God’s sight— something the law of Moses could never do.Be careful! Don’t let the prophets’ words apply to you. For they said,‘ Look, you mockers, be amazed and die! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it.’”As Paul and Barnabas left the synagogue that day, the people begged them to speak about these things again the next week.Many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, and the two men urged them to continue to rely on the grace of God.The following week almost the entire city turned out to hear them preach the word of the Lord.But when some of the Jews saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared,“ It was necessary that we first preach the word of God to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we will offer it to the Gentiles.For the Lord gave us this command when he said,‘ I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’”When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and thanked the Lord for his message; and all who were chosen for eternal life became believers.So the Lord’s message spread throughout that region.Then the Jews stirred up the influential religious women and the leaders of the city, and they incited a mob against Paul and Barnabas and ran them out of town.So they shook the dust from their feet as a sign of rejection and went to the town of Iconium.And the believers were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.The same thing happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the Jewish synagogue and preached with such power that a great number of both Jews and Greeks became believers.

Agrippa interrupted him.“ Do you think you can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?”

So a time was set, and on that day a large number of people came to Paul’s lodging. He explained and testified about the Kingdom of God and tried to persuade them about Jesus from the Scriptures. Using the law of Moses and the books of the prophets, he spoke to them from morning until evening.

Paul and Silas then traveled through the towns of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.As was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with the people.He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead. He said,“ This Jesus I’m telling you about is the Messiah.”

May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”