Acts 17:2

"And according to Paul's custom" His regular habit in preaching was to preach to the Jews first (Acts 13:14; Romans 1:16). "We may learn from Paul's methods some methods for evangelism in our own day. The evangelist will have or develop. prospect list, indicating what people are the nearest ready to accept the Gospel. He will approach these first, using their present level of understanding to build Christian teaching and commitment. He will seldom win all of them, and in the process he will probably win some whom he did not expect to be receptive. Somewhere in the process he will probably reach. point where responsiveness becomes negligible and opposition sets in. The wisest worker will then shift his approach to take advantage of greater responsiveness in others, and will go on to reap and glean the greatest possible harvest" (Reese p. 612). "For three Sabbaths" This does not mean that Paul thought that the Sabbath Day was still. law that he had to keep, rather he is in. Jewish synagogue on the Sabbath not for the purpose of keeping the Old Law but for the purpose of trying to save those who are lost! The people who were keeping the Sabbath in the synagogue were lost. Remember, Paul also would have worked and preached during the week to others as well.

Acts 17:2 "Reasoned with them from the Scriptures" This would have involved citing Old Testament passages and seeing how they found their application in Jesus. Notice that Paul presents. very logical and orderly presentation of Scripture.