Acts 17:3
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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παρατίθημι
setting forth
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παρατίθημι
To place beside, to set before, to present. I urge you brothers to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice. The presenting of yourself is the beginning of transformation.
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νεκρός
the] dead
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νεκρός
Dead, lifeless, without power. Nekros. God who gives life to the dead. If God can raise the dead there is nothing in your situation that is beyond His power to restore.
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πάσχω
to have suffered
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πάσχω
To suffer, to experience. Pascho. He learned obedience through what He suffered. Suffering is not wasted in God's economy. It produces something that ease never can.
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ὅς
whom
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ὅς
Who, which, that, the one who. He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. God finishes what He starts.
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δεῖ
it was being necessary
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δεῖ
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
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διανοίγω
opening
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διανοίγω
to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound)
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καταγγέλλω
preach
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καταγγέλλω
to proclaim, promulgate
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