What does Acts 16:36 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace."
ACTS 16:36 evn eivrh,nh| {A} Although Ropes thought that evn eivrh,nh| “is inappropriate in the mouth of a Greek jailer,” a majority of the Committee did not regard such a consideration to be german...
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...
RECKONING WITH THE MAGISTRATES. The legal proceedings are to go no further. But Paul has two grievances to clear up with the magistrates before he will leave the prison. The proceedings of the former...
A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
TOLD. reported. Greek. _apangello._ See note on Acts 4:23. THIS SAYING. these words. Greek. _logos,_ as in Acts 16:6. TO, &C. = in order that (Greek. _hina)_ you may be released. DEPART. come forth...
_the keeper of the prison_ As before, in Acts 16:27, _the jailor_. _told this saying_ The Greek text best supported has no pronoun. Better "_reported the words_." (So _R. V._) No doubt he came with g...
THE MAGISTRATES WOULD SEND THEM AWAY, BUT PAUL REFUSES TO BE THUS DISMISSED. HE ANNOUNCES THAT THEY ARE ROMANS, AND THE MAGISTRATES IN FEAR BESEECH THEM TO DEPART. THEY TAKE LEAVE OF LYDIA AND THE BRE...
_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...
ΆΠΉΓΓΕΙΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G518) сообщать, ΆΠΈΣΤΑΛΚΑΝ _perf. ind. act., см._ Acts 16:35. ΆΠΟΛΥΘΉΤΕ _aor. conj. pass._, _см._ Acts 16:35. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает цель, ΈΞΕΛΘΌΝΤΕ...
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...
See notes on verse 35...
And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. AND THE KEEPER - overjoyed to have such orders to execute,...
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...
GO IN PEACE. — The few hours which the gaoler had spent with his new teacher had probably taught him to use the phrase in the fulness of its meaning (see Notes on Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48), and not as a m...
νῦν οὖν, Lucan, _cf._ Acts 10:33; Acts 15:10; Acts 23:15. ἐν εἰρήνῃ (omitted by): the jailor may well have used the words in a deeper sense after the instruction of Paul, and his own admission to citi...
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...
Paul's Refusal to Depart Secretly The next morning, the magistrates sent to the prison to quietly release Paul and Silas. The apostle refused to go quietly, likely because he wanted the authorities t...
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go. (36) And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore de...
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...
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...
AND THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON TOLD THIS, SAYING TO PAUL,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "and to Silas"; this was the same person with the jailer, whom Paul had baptized; and indeed, the same word is he...
And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. Ver. 36. _And the keeper of the prison_] As glad to be the messe...
_When it was day, the magistrates_ Or pretors, being terrified, probably, by the earthquake, which had been felt all over the city, and having been informed of the miraculous opening of the prison-doo...
The release of the prisoners:...
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...
SO THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON REPORTED THESE WORDS TO PAUL, SAYING, " THE MAGISTRATES HAVE SENT TO LET YOU GO. NOW THEREFORE DEPART, AND GO IN PEACE. " 1. The warden comes in to give the news to Paul....
"And the jailor reported the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace". But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondem...
35-40 Paul, though willing to suffer for the cause of Christ, and without any desire to avenge himself, did not choose to depart under the charge of having deserved wrongful punishment, and therefore...
TOLD THIS SAYING TO PAUL; being glad that he might release them. Neither does he bid them go, as desirous to be rid of them; but, not requiring any fees, he lets them go to preach the gospel, and fulf...
Acts 16:36 So G1161 prison G1200 reported G518 (G5656) these G5128 words G3056 to G4314 Paul G3972 saying G3754 magistrates G4755 sent G649 (G5758) to G2443 go G630 (G5686) Now G3568 therefore G3767 d...
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...
NOW THEREFORE (νυν ουν). Note both particles (time and inference). It was a simple matter to the jailor and he was full of glee over this happy outcome....
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...
THE ROMAN AUTHORITIES. It may have been fear of the earthquake, or "second-thoughts" about their cruel treatment of "holy men" which influenced them to order the release. BUT PAUL SAID. Roman law said...
_And they spake unto him the Word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house._ HOUSEHOLD SALVATION It sometimes happens that a good man has to go alone to heaven: God’s election has separated hi...
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_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...
1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Samuel 25:35; 1 Samuel 29:7; 2 Kings 5:19; Acts 15:33; Exodus 4:18; John 14:27; Judges 18:6; Mark 5:34...