Acts 26:22-23

Acts 26:22-23

[22] therefore  obtained  help  God,  I continue  unto  day,  both  to small  and  great,  saying  none other things  than  those which  the prophets  and  Moses  did say  should  come:  [23] That  Christ  should suffer,  and that  he should be the first  that should rise  from  the dead,  and should  shew  light  unto the people,  and  to the Gentiles. 

What does Acts 26:22-23 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

God had stood by Paul and had helped him, as He had promised ( Acts 26:22; cf Acts 26:17). Paul preached a message thoroughly in harmony with Israel"s faith (cf. Acts 3:18; Acts 17:3). Acts 26:23 may be Luke"s condensation of Paul"s exposition of many Old Testament messianic prophecies that Jesus fulfilled (e.g, Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 53:10; Isaiah 60:3). Many of the Jews rejected the ideas of a suffering Messiah, His resurrection from the dead, and direct ministry to Gentiles, but Paul found support for these in the Old Testament.
"Here in substance is the Gospel that Paul preached and that believers ought always to proclaim, "that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures" ( 1 Corinthians 15:3-4)." [1]