Verse 2
And Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures.
Three sabbath days ... does not indicate the length of Paul's stay in Thessalonica, but the period of preaching primarily to Jews in the synagogue. "This was followed by an indefinite period of preaching in the house of Jason, his host."[8]
Acts 17:2 must be understood to mean that he worked for three weeks among the Jews, and afterward turned to the Gentiles, among whom he labored for three or four months.[9]
Where a knowledge of the Scriptures permitted it, Paul always founded his preaching upon the prophetic utterances of the Old Testament, as he did here.
[8] E. H. Trenchard, A New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1969), p. 321.
[9] J. R. Dummelow, op. cit., p. 841.
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