'Scriptures' in the Bible

{And as was his custom}, Paul went in to them and on three Sabbath [days] he discussed with them from the scriptures,

Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so.

Now a certain Jew {named} Apollos, {a native} Alexandrian, arrived in Ephesus--an eloquent man who was well-versed in the scriptures.

For he was vigorously refuting the Jews in public, demonstrating through the scriptures [that] the Christ was Jesus.