Acts 18:28 Meaning and Explanation
“For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →In public debate Apollos powerfully refutes the arguments raised against the faith, demonstrating from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
What Does Acts 18:28 Mean?
The instruction of Aquila and Priscilla bears immediate fruit. Apollos takes the message into the open, and his Alexandrian training finds its true calling: from the Scriptures Israel already trusted, the law, the prophets, and the psalms, he shows that the Christ they promise is Jesus.
The chapter closes where Paul's preaching in Corinth began, with the same testimony in a new voice: Jesus is the Christ. The church's oldest argument is not novelty but fulfillment, that the Scriptures, read whole, point to Him. The torch has passed from apostle to convert to congregation, and the word of God runs on, mightier than the opposition it meets.
Acts 18:28 in the Original Language
diakatelenchomai (διακατελέγχομαι), 'mightily convinced' -- to refute thoroughly and decisively in open argument.
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What does Acts 18:28 mean?
In public debate Apollos powerfully refutes the arguments raised against the faith, demonstrating from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.