²⁶ Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”^(A)

⁹ (They still did not understand from Scripture^(A) that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)^(B)

¹⁸ But this is how God fulfilled^(A) what he had foretold^(B) through all the prophets,^(C) saying that his Messiah would suffer.^(D)

²² Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.^(A)

²⁸ For he vigorously refuted his Jewish opponents in public debate, proving from the Scriptures^(A) that Jesus was the Messiah.^(B)