“Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;

The place in the Scripture which he read was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth.

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.

Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

Ministry of Apollos

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.

for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.