²⁸ For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

⁵ And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

²² But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ.

¹ For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God, who gave Abraham his blessing, meeting him when he came back after putting the kings to death,

² And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;

³ Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

⁴ Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.

⁵ And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take a tenth part of the people's goods; that is to say, they take it from their brothers though these are the sons of Abraham.

⁶ But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

⁷ But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

⁸ Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

⁹ And we may say that in Abraham, even Levi, who has a right to take the tenth part, gave it;

¹⁰ Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.

³ For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;

⁴ And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

²² And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

²³ That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.

²⁵ This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

³ Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

³⁹ You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

²⁷ And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.