^{1 Ref} And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,

^{2 Ref} and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

^{3 Ref} opening and alleging, `That the Christ it behoved to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that this is the Christ -- Jesus whom I proclaim to you.'