Discovery BoxActs 3:18 
Context3:18 But the things God foretold 1 long ago through 2 all the prophets – that his Christ 3 would suffer – he has fulfilled in this way.
Acts 5:41
Context5:41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy 4 to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. 5
Acts 17:3
Context17:3 explaining and demonstrating 6 that the Christ 7 had to suffer and to rise from the dead, 8 saying, 9 “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.” 10
Acts 26:23
Context26:23 that 11 the Christ 12 was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people 13 and to the Gentiles.” 14
1 sn God foretold. Peter’s topic is the working out of God’s plan and promise through events the scriptures also note.
2 tn Grk “by the mouth of” (an idiom).
3 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.
4 sn That is, considered worthy by God. They “gloried in their shame” of honoring Jesus with their testimony (Luke 6:22-23; 2 Macc 6:30).
5 sn The name refers to the name of Jesus (cf. 3 John 7).
6 tn BDAG 772 s.v. παρατίθημι 2.b has “demonstrate, point out” here.
7 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.
8 sn The Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead. These two points (suffering and resurrection) would have been among the more controversial aspects of Paul’s messianic preaching. The term translated “had to” (δεῖ, dei) shows how divine design and scripture corresponded here.
9 tn The Greek words used here (καὶ ὅτι, kai {oti, “and that”) mark the switch from indirect to direct discourse. Contemporary English requires the use of an introductory verb of speaking or saying to make this transition.
10 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 2:31. The identification of the Messiah with Jesus indicates Paul was proclaiming the fulfillment of messianic promise.
11 tn BDAG 277-78 s.v. εἰ 2 has “marker of an indirect question as content, that…Sim. also (Procop. Soph., Ep. 123 χάριν ἔχειν εἰ = that) μαρτυρόμενος…εἰ παθητὸς ὁ Χριστός testifying…that the Christ was to suffer…Ac 26:23.”
12 tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 2:31.
13 tn That is, to the Jewish people. Grk “the people”; the word “our” has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
14 sn Note how the context of Paul’s gospel message about Jesus, resurrection, and light both to Jews and to the Gentiles is rooted in the prophetic message of the OT scriptures. Paul was guilty of following God’s call and preaching the scriptural hope.
