Acts 16:29
What meaning of the acts 16:29 in the Bible?
What does Acts 16:29 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,"
What does Acts 16:29 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,"
ACTS 16:29 prose,pesen After prose,pesen the Western text (D* itd, gig vgcl syrh with obelus copsa, bo Lucifer Cassiodorus) introduces the natural supplement pro.j tou.j po,daj....
Verse 29. _HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT_] That he might see how things stood, and whether the words of Paul were true; for on this his personal safety depended. _CAME TREMBLING_] Terrified by the earthquake...
THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT - Greek: lights, in the plural. Probably several torches were brought by his attendants. AND CAME TREMBLING - Alarmed at the earthquake; amazed that the prisoners were stil...
CHAPTER 16 _ 1. In Derbe and Lystra again. Timotheus (Acts 16:1)._ 2. The Preaching forbidden in Asia (Acts 16:6). 3. The Vision of the Man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9). 4. The Gospel in Europe (Act...
IMPRISONMENT OF PAUL AND SILAS. THE PRISON BROKEN. The rulers (Acts 16:19) are the heads of police; they are afterwards called _Strategi, which_ answers to the Roman _Prœ tores._ Philippi was a colony...
A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
CALLED FOR. asked for. Greek. _aiteo._ App-134. LIGHT. Greek. _phos._ App-130. SPRANG IN. Greek. _eispedao._ Only here and Acts 14:14 CAME TREMBLING. becoming (Greek. _ginomai)_ in. tremble (Greek....
_Then he called for a light_ The Greek has "_lights_." He would summon all the help he could, and wish to make his inspection as speedy as possible. _and came trembling_ Lit. _and being terror-strick...
PREACHING ON THE SABBATH AT PHILIPPI. CONVERSION AND BAPTISM OF LYDIA. A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT BY ST PAUL. ANGER OF THOSE WHO MADE GAIN THEREBY. PAUL AND SILAS ARE SEIZED, BROUGHT BEFORE THE A...
_THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILER IN PHILIPPI ACTS 16:16-40:_ At a place of prayer in Philippi Paul and Silas came across a girl that had a spirit of divination. Her masters made a lot of money from her p...
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DISCOURSE: 1787 THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILOR Acts 16:29. _Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, wha...
THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT,— As φωτα, _lights,_ is plural, it seems to imply, that, on this alarm, several of his attendants came with torches, and were present at the inquiry which immediately follow...
AT PHILLIPPI. Acts 16:12-40 a. A description of Philippi. Acts 16:12. Acts 16:12 and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were i...
29, 30. As soon as he could collect his senses, he recollected that the calm speaker who had called to him had been preaching salvation in the name of the God of Israel; and he immediately perceived t...
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, AND SPRANG IN, AND CAME TREMBLING, AND FELL DOWN BEFORE PAUL AND SIL...
19 This is the first occasion in which the evangel comes into conflict with the religion of the nations and with the spirit powers back of it. Hitherto the Jews and Judaism opposed the evangel. At Lys...
ST. PAUL IN EUROPE 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated the lad in the religion of Israel, tho...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 TIMOTHY WORKS WITH PAUL AND SILAS, 16:1-5 V1 Paul went to Derbe and then he went to Lystra. A *Christian called Timothy lived there. Timothy...
THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT. — More accurately, _‘for lights._ As St. Luke does not use, as in Acts 20:8, the word for “lamps,” it is probable that the lights were torches, and that the gaoler, with on...
CHAPTER 12 ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA. Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10 TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, following...
φῶτα : “lights,” R.V., plural, and only in plural in later Greek, _cf._ 1Ma 12:29, of fires in a military encampment; “the prisoners' chains were loosed, and worse chains were loosed from himself; he...
SALVATION IN THE JAIL Acts 16:25 Some, as we have seen, are converted by the gentle opening of the heart; others amid the convulsions of the storm. The first knowledge of salvation may have reached...
Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with i...
The Conversion of the Jailor At midnight, while the other prisoners listened to Paul and Silas singing and praying, a great earthquake shook open all the prison doors and released all those bound in...
The awakened and panic-stricken jailer, knowing that cruel Roman law will require his life as substitute for the fugitive prisoner, in the absence of Bible light on suicide, and with the noble example...
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (26) And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and i...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
− 29._Being astonished, he fell down. _This keeper was no less brought under with fear to show obedience to God than with the miracle prepared. − (215) Hereby it appeareth what a good thing it is for...
There is perhaps no example of this more remarkable than that which Paul does with regard to Timothy. He uses circumcision in all liberty to set aside Jewish prejudice. It is very doubtful whether, ac...
THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT,.... Or "lights"; he ordered his servants to bring in some candles; the Syriac version renders it, "he lighted a light for himself"; and the Ethiopic version, "he brought a...
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, Ver. 29. _And sprang in_] As John the Evangelist with like speed sprang out of the bath, when Cerin...
_Then he_, &c. The jailer, greatly terrified by the earthquake, and astonished at Paul's discovering his purpose to kill himself; _called for a light_ Greek, φωτα, _lights_, implying, it seems, that o...
THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, AND SPRANG IN, AND CAME TREMBLING, AND FELL DOWN BEFORE PAUL AND SILAS,...
Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visit...
THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, RAN IN, AND FELL DOWN TREMBLING BEFORE PAUL AND SILAS. 1. The jailer calls for a light. He wanted to see that all are still in place. 2. He also wanted to see Paul and Si...
"And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas"Called for lights" Torches, rags wrapped around. stick and soaked in. flammable liquid. He calls out t...
25-34 The consolations of God to his suffering servants are neither few nor small. How much more happy are true Christians than their prosperous enemies! As in the dark, so out of the depths, we may...
HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, or lights, which prisons are not usually without. CAME TREMBLING: what a sudden and great change can God make! he comes trembling to those feet which he had put into the stocks...
29, 30. As soon as he could collect his senses, he recollected that the calm speaker who had called to him had been preaching salvation in the name of the God of Israel; and he immediately perceived t...
Acts 16:29 Then G1161 called G154 (G5660) light G5457 in G1530 (G5656) and G2532 down G4363 trembling G1790 before G4363 (G5627) Paul G3972 and G2532 Silas G4609 and came - Acts 9:5-6, Acts 24:25;...
MINISTRY IN PHILIPPI FROM THE HOUSE OF LYDIA (16:12B-40). The arrival in Europe was clearly seen by Luke as very important. He illustrates the successful ministry there by a threefold description of...
Acts 16:29. THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, AND SPRANG IN, AND CAME TREMBLING, AND FELL DOWN BEFORE PAUL AND SILAS. The Greek has _lights,_ not a light. The prison governor wished to examine everything mi...
TREMBLING FOR FEAR (εντρομος γενομενος). "Becoming terrified." The adjective εντρομος (in terror) occurs in N.T. only here and Acts 7:32; Hebrews 12:21.FELL DOWN (προσεπεσεν). Second aorist activ...
Acts 16:29 Note: I. What a "manifold wisdom" is the wisdom of God! how infinitely various are His ways in the work of the conversion of souls and the bringing of sinners to Himself! One is never more...
Acts 16:9. _And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us._ Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts of...
CONTENTS: Paul finds Timothy. Paul's Macedonian vision. The first convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten. Conversion of the Philippian jailer. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
Acts 16:1. _Then came he to Lystra,_ as in Acts 14:6. In their former labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timothy gro...
AND FELL TREMBLING. He is convinced they are under divine protection! WHAT MUST I DO? Paul's answer to this question shows the jailer knew they preached a new religion. BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS. This...
_Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling._ THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER I. The state of his mind before conversion. 1. He was a careless sinner. This appears not so much from his offi...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in which Paul witnessed. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 16:19. THE RULERS, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates (Luke 12:58). Acts 16:20. The MAGISTRATES, στρατηγοί, were the two chief civic authorities (dunmviri) in a Roman colony...
EXPOSITION ACTS 16:1 _And he came also _for _then came he, _A.V._ _and T.R.; _to Lystra _for _Lystra, _A.V._; Timothy _for _Timotheus, _A.V._; of a Jewess _for _of a certain woman which was a Jewess,...
We remember at the end of our study last week there arose a contention between Paul and Barnabas who had been close companions on the first missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was i...
Acts 24:25; Acts 9:5; Acts 9:6; Daniel 6:26; Isaiah 60:14; Isaiah 66:2; Isaiah 66:5; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 5:22; Psalms 119:120;...
A light [φ ω τ α]. Rev., more correctly, lights. Several lamps, in order to search everywhere. Sprang in. See on ran in, ch. 14 14....
As if the gaoler had said, "Sirs, now. see and acknowledge that the doctrine taught by you is the truth of the eternal God; and he hath by this miraculous earthquake testified to me, that you are his...