“Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.”
Explaining and proving (dianoigō, diamarturomai) that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead — and saying, 'This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah' — Luke employs two verbs suggesting both hermeneutical opening (dianoigō, opening the scriptures) and testimonial weight (diamarturomai, bearing witness solemnly). The kerygma's two non-negotiable elements appear: suffering and resurrection.
Church Fathers on Acts 17:3
Again they haste past the small cities, and press on to the greater ones, since from those the word was to flow as from a fountain into the neighboring cities. And Paul, as his manner was, went into the synagogue of the Jews. Although he had said, We turn to the Gentiles Acts 13:46, he did not leave these alone: such was the longing affection he had towards them. For hear him saying, Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved Romans…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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