¹² “Elijah does come first and restores^(A) everything,”^(B) He replied. “How then is it written^(C) about the Son of Man that He must suffer^(D) many things and be treated with contempt?^(E)

²⁵ He said to them, “How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken!^{(A) 26} Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer^(B) these things and enter into His glory?”^{(C) 27} Then beginning with Moses^(D) and all the Prophets,^(E) He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.^(F)

² As usual, Paul went to the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,^{(A) 3} explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”^(B)

²² To this very day, I have obtained help that comes from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing else than what the prophets and Moses said would take place^(A)— ²³ that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”^(B)

³ For I passed on to you^(A) as most important what I also received:

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation, the prophets^(A) who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated.