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

²⁵ He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow^[a] to believe all that the prophets have spoken!^{(A) 26} Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah 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 into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,^{(A) 3} explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah 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 had help from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would take place^(A)— ²³ that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”^(B)