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Acts 17:2
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KJ21
And Paul, as was his custom, went in unto them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
ASV
and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,
AMP
And Paul entered the synagogue, as was his custom, and for three Sabbaths he engaged in discussion and friendly debate with them from the Scriptures,
AMPC
And Paul entered, as he usually did, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned and argued with them from the Scriptures,
BRG
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
CSB
As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
CSBA
As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
CEB
As was Paul’s custom, he entered the synagogue and for three Sabbaths interacted with them on the basis of the scriptures.
CJB
According to his usual practice, Sha’ul went in; and on three Shabbats he gave them drashes from the Tanakh,
CEV
So as usual, Paul went there to worship, and on three Sabbaths he spoke to the people. He used the Scriptures
DARBY
And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,
DLNT
And in accordance with the thing having become-a-custom with Paul, he went-in to them. And on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
DRA
And Paul, according to his custom, went in unto them; and for three sabbath days he reasoned with them out of the scriptures:
ERV
Paul went into the synagogue to see the Jews as he always did. The next three weeks, on each Sabbath day, he discussed the Scriptures with them.
EASY
Paul went to the meeting place, as he usually did on a Jewish day of rest. On three rest days, he spoke God's message to the people there. He read from the Bible and he explained what it meant.
EHV
As was his custom, Paul went to the Jews, and on three Sabbath days he led them in a discussion from the Scriptures,
ESV
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
ESVUK
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
EXB
Paul went into the synagogue as he ·always [customarily] did [C speaking to the Jews first], and on each Sabbath day for three weeks, he ·talked [discussed; or argued; reasoned] with ·his fellow Jews [L them] about the Scriptures.
GNV
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days disputed with them by the Scriptures,
GW
As usual, Paul went into the synagogue. On three consecutive days of rest—holy days, he had discussions about Scripture with the synagogue members.
GNT
According to his usual habit Paul went to the synagogue. There during three Sabbaths he held discussions with the people, quoting
HCSB
As usual, Paul went to the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
ICB
Paul went into the synagogue as he always did. On each Sabbath day for three weeks, Paul talked with the Jews about the Scriptures.
ISV
As usual, Paul entered there and on three Sabbaths discussed the Scriptures with them.
PHILLIPS
On three Sabbath days he argued with them from the scriptures, explaining and quoting passages to prove the necessity for the death of Christ and his rising again from the dead. “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you,” he concluded, “is God’s Christ!” Some of them were convinced and threw in their lot with Paul and Silas, and they were joined by a great many believing Greeks and a considerable number of influential women. But the Jews, in a fury of jealousy, got hold of some of the unprincipled loungers of the market-place, gathered a crowd together and set the city in an uproar. Then they attacked Jason’s house in an attempt to bring Paul and Silas out before the people. When they could not find them they hustled Jason and some of the brothers before the civic authorities, shouting, “These are the men who have turned the world upside down and have now come here, and Jason has taken them into his house. What is more, all these men act against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king called Jesus!” By these words the Jews succeeded in alarming both the people and the authorities, and they only released Jason and the others after binding them over to keep the peace.
JUB
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
KJV
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
AKJV
and Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
LSB
And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
LEB
And as was his custom, Paul went in to them and on three Sabbath days he discussed with them from the scriptures,
TLB
As was Paul’s custom, he went there to preach, and for three Sabbaths in a row he opened the Scriptures to the people,
MSG
They took the road south through Amphipolis and Apollonia to Thessalonica, where there was a community of Jews. Paul went to their meeting place, as he usually did when he came to a town, and for three Sabbaths running he preached to them from the Scriptures. He opened up the texts so they understood what they’d been reading all their lives: that the Messiah absolutely had to be put to death and raised from the dead—there were no other options—and that “this Jesus I’m introducing you to is that Messiah.”
MEV
According to his custom, Paul went in, and on three Sabbaths he lectured to them from the Scriptures,
MOUNCE
And according to · Paul’s custom, · he went to them and for three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
NOG
As usual, Paul went into the synagogue. On three consecutive days of worship, he had discussions about Scripture with the synagogue members.
NABRE
Following his usual custom, Paul joined them, and for three sabbaths he entered into discussions with them from the scriptures,
NASB
And according to Paul’s custom, he visited them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
NASB1995
And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
NCB
Following his usual practice, Paul went in, and for three Sabbaths he argued with them from the Scriptures,
NCV
Paul went into the synagogue as he always did, and on each Sabbath day for three weeks, he talked with his fellow Jews about the Scriptures.
NET
Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures,
NIRV
Paul went into the synagogue as he usually did. For three Sabbath days in a row he talked with the Jews about the Scriptures.
NIV
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
NIVUK
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
NKJV
Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
NLV
Paul went in as he always did. They gathered together each Day of Rest for three weeks and he taught them from the Holy Writings.
NLT
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.
NMB
And Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
NRSVA
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures,
NRSVACE
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures,
NRSVCE
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures,
NRSVUE
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures,
NTFE
Paul went there, as he usually did, and for three sabbaths he spoke to them, expounding the scriptures,
OJB
And as he did bekvius (regularly), Rav Sha’ul joined their minyan, and on shloshah Shabbatot, he gave them drashot from the Kitvei HaKodesh,
RGT
And Paul (as was his custom) went in and argued with them from the Scriptures for three Sabbaths,
RSV
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures,
RSVCE
And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures,
TLV
As was his custom, Paul went to the Jewish people; and for three Shabbatot, he debated the Scriptures with them.
VOICE
As he had done in other cities, Paul attended the synagogue and presented arguments, based on the Hebrew Scriptures, that the Anointed had to suffer and rise from the dead. Paul: Who is this suffering and rising Anointed One I am proclaiming to you? He is Jesus. He came back the next two Sabbaths—repeating the same pattern.
WEB
Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
WE
As he had done in other places, Paul went into it. On three Sabbath days he explained what was written in the holy writings.
WYC
And by custom Paul entered to them [Soothly after custom, Paul entered into them], and by three sabbaths he declared to them of the scriptures,
YLT
and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,
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