1. Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

2. PAUL, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3. explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."

4. Some of them were persuaded, and joined PAUL and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.