Acts 13: 23 & 27-31 耶穌是拯救者

「23從這人[大衛]的後裔中，上帝已經照著所應許的，為以色列人立了一位救主，就是耶穌。」

「27耶路撒冷居住的人和他們的官長，因為不認識基督，也不明白每安息日所讀眾先知的書，就把基督定了死罪，正應了先知的預言；28 雖然查不出他有當死的罪來，還是求彼拉多殺他；29既成就了經上指著他所記的一切話，就把他從木頭上取下來，放在墳墓裡。30上帝卻叫他從死裡復活。31那從加利利同他上耶路撒冷的人多日看見他，這些人如今在民間是他的見證」（使徒行傳13:23 & 27-31）。

"Of this man’s offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.

    For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed. And when they had carried out all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead, and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people" (Acts 13: 23 & 27-31).

這段話是保羅在彼西底的安提阿會堂講道的內容，他所強調的重點與之前我們看到的彼得與司提反的講道一樣：耶穌是上帝所預先揀選的那一位救主，拯救者，也就是在幾百年前舊約先知書中所預言要來的彌賽亞。而保羅控告猶太人把上帝所差來的救主釘死在十字架上，但上帝卻叫耶穌基督復活，且復活的耶穌向門徒顯現多日，門徒也都為這事作見證。

彼得，司提反與保羅在講道當中接連重複強調：耶穌基督是上帝所差來的拯救者，他卻被猶太人釘死，但上帝讓他復活，並有許多人可以作見證。可見，這是基督信仰的關鍵，是福音的核心信息。因此，任何想要認識基督信仰的人，都必定要認識這些信息。

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