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Verse Acts 14:16. _WHO IN TIMES PAST SUFFERED ALL NATIONS_, c.] The
words παντα τα εθνη, which we here translate, _all
nations_, should be rendered, _all the Gentiles_, merely to
_distinguish_ them f...
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WHO IN TIMES PAST - Previous to the gospel; in past ages.
SUFFERED ALL NATIONS - Permitted all nations; that is, all Gentiles,
Acts 17:30. “And the times of this ignorance God winked at.”
TO WALK IN...
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CHAPTER 14
_ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts
14:1)._
2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7).
3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Act...
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LYSTRA. Lystra, 25 miles SW. of Iconium, 10 miles off the trade route,
in a secluded glen. Lystra and Derbe were the two cities of the
Lycaonian region of Galatia; Roman influence was strong there, an...
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There was a man who sat in Lystra who had no power in his feet. He had
been a cripple from his birth and he had never walked. He was in the
habit of listening to Paul speaking. Paul fixed his gaze on...
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ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
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TIMES. generations. Greek. _genea._
PAST. passed away. Greek. _paroichomai._ Only here.
NATIONS. Greek. _ethnos._...
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_who in times past_( BY-GONE GENERATIONS) _suffered all nations_( ALL
THE HEATHEN) _to walk in their own ways_ God had chosen Israel only
for His own people before the coming of Christ, and had given...
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CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS
GODS....
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ὋΣ ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΠΑΡΩΙΧΗΜΈΝΑΙΣ ΓΕΝΕΑΙ͂Σ
Κ.Τ.Λ., _who in bygone generations suffered all the heathen to walk
in their own ways_. On this cf. Acts 17:30; Romans 1:2.
ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΑΙ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ὉΔΟΙ͂Σ. This phrase in t...
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_PAUL AND BARNABAS IN LYSTRA ACTS 14:8-17:_ At Lystra the apostles
healed a lame man. He had never walked. This miracle was very much
like the one in Acts 3:1-26. The man listened to the preaching. As...
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ΠΑΡΦΧΗΜΈΝΑΙΣPERF. _med. (dep.) part. от_
ΠΑΡΟΊΧΟΜΑΙ (G221) проходить мимо. _adj. part._,
"ушедшие поколения"
ΕΊΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΆΩ (G1439) позволять,
разрешать, с _inf._
ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΑΙ _praes....
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WHO IN TIMES PAST SUFFERED ALL NATIONS, &C.— That is, all the
Gentiles. God left all nations, except the Jews, to the light of the
heathen dispensation. It does not appear that any prophet except
Jona...
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IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20.
a.
General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....
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See notes one verse 14...
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6 Lystra seems to be the first place Paul preached without first
proclaiming to the Jews in the synagogue, for it seems that there were
not enough Jews to have a place of worship. Hence this is the fi...
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FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED)
1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success
among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are
wrought in confirmatio...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 14
PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM, 14:1-7
V1 What happened in Pisidian Antioch also happened in Iconium. Paul
and Barnabas went to the *synagogue...
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WHO IN TIMES PAST SUFFERED ALL NATIONS. — Better, _all the heathen;_
the term used being that which is always employed of the nations
outside the covenant of Israel. We have here the first germ of wha...
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ὃς : God working not only in creation, but in history, not only the
source of life but the personal living Guide and Ruler of man, even in
His tolerance far removed from the easy indifference of the g...
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ESTABLISHING THE NEW BELIEVERS
Acts 14:14-28
In Paul's address we have distinct anticipations of the early Chapter
s of the Epistle to the Romans. How fickle a mob is! Now, enthusiastic
loyalty; aga...
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In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at
Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas
passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...
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Idolatry Confronted at Lystra
Paul and Barnabas next arrived at Lystra, some 18 miles to the east.
There was apparently no synagogue there, but there was a man who had
been crippled since birth and ha...
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(5) Who in times past (g) suffered all nations to walk in their own
ways.
(5) Custom, be it ever so old, does not excuse the idolaters.
(g) Allowed them to live as they wished, prescribing and appoi...
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He left not himself without testimony. Inasmuch as the Gentiles had
always the light of reason, and such lights, that the created things
of this world, and from the visible effects of God's providence...
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PAUL AND BARNABAS ARE TAKEN FOR GRECIAN GODS
11-18. All nations at the time of our Savior's advent were on tiptoe
expecting a divine messenger from heaven to teach them the way of
salvation. Hence the...
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And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their
voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us
in the likeness of men. (12) And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;...
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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...
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16._In times past. _Because the men of Lystra might object that that
God was unknown hitherto, Paul and Barnabas prevent them and say, that
all men wandered indeed in darkness, and that all mankind...
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Their missionary labours continue in Iconium with the same opposition
from the Jews who, incapable themselves of the work, stir up the
Gentiles against those who are performing it. As long as it was o...
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WHO IN TIMES PAST,.... For many hundred years past; even ever since
God chose and separated the people of Israel from the rest of the
nations, to be a peculiar people to himself: from that time he
SU...
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Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Ver. 16. _Suffered all nations, &c._] That we walk not as other
Gentiles, in our own ways, but know and serve the true God, is of his...
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_Then the priest of Jupiter_ Who was esteemed the tutelar deity of
that place, and whose statue stood just without the gate; _brought
oxen_, or _bulls_ rather, _and garlands_ To put on the victims; th...
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ALL NATIONS; the gentile world.
THEIR OWN WAYS; ways of idolatry and wickedness, without a written
revelation....
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The horrified speech of Paul:...
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WHO IN TIMES PAST SUFFERED ALL NATIONS TO WALK IN THEIR OWN WAYS....
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Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and
the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence
a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gosp...
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WHO IN BYGONE GENERATIONS ALLOWED ALL NATIONS TO WALK IN THEIR OWN
WAYS.
1. Ever since God separated the family of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to
be His chosen people, the rest of the world seemed to be...
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"In the generations gone by" In the ages previous to the New Covenant
or Gospel Age. "He permitted all the nations to go their own ways"
That is, God allowed men to depart from Him without immediate j...
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8-18 All things are possible to those that believe. When we have
faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the
spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the domin...
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There were two main objections which these heathen idolaters might
make against the gospel, and the worship of the true God: and they
are, first, from the antiquity, secondly, from the universality, o...
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Acts 14:16 who G3739 in G1722 bygone G3944 (G5768) generations G1074
allowed G1439 (G5656) all G3956 nations...
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THE MINISTRY AT LYSTRA (14:8-20A).
A description is now given of the rather colourful events that
occurred during their ministry in Lystra. These are on top of the fact
that they proclaimed the Good N...
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These were not Jews. Nor were they people with a background in Judaism
or philosophy. As they were revealing they were out and out idolaters
and simple men. But Paul does not turn away from them. Rath...
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IN THE GENERATIONS GONE BY
(εν ταις παρωιχημεναις γενεαις). Perfect
middle participle from παροιχομα, to go by, old verb, here
alone in the N.T.SUFFERED
(ειασεν). Constative aorist active indicati...
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CONTENTS: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent
man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches.
CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupit...
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Acts 14:1. _It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together
into the synagogue of the jews._ St. Luke makes here a great leap, and
is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This great...
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THEY TORE THEIR CLOTHES. This was a symbol of grief, anger, and
horror. Compare Matthew 26:65. WE ARE JUST MEN. This shows their
complete commitment to _truth_! They would not permit themselves to be...
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_And it came to pass in Iconium._
ICONIUM
A considerable city of Asia Minor, generally considered as belonging
to Lycaonia. It lay in a fertile plain at the foot of Taurus, on the
great line of commu...
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_And there sat a certain man at Lystra._
PAUL AND BARNABAS IN LYSTRA
I. The incident.
1. The case of the cripple resembles that of the man at the gate
Beautiful; and a particular statement of it is...
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_Sirs, why do ye these things?_
APOSTOLIC SINCERITY
In a position similar to that of Herod, they act in an opposite manner
(Acts 12:22). And yet there was no small temptation in the matter.
They migh...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:8 Lystra was populated mainly by Gentiles and
had no synagogue. The ministry of Paul and Barnabas there centered
around the healing of a lame man.
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_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:8_
Paul and Barnabas at Lystra; or, the Gospel among Barbarians
I. THE MIRACLE AT LYSTRA.—
1. The _subject_. “A certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple
from his...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 14:1
_Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and
_for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in
every case Greeks are found attending the s...
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Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the
uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia
Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey.
Th...
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1 Peter 4:3; Acts 17:30; Ephesians 2:12; Hosea 4:17; Psalms 147:20;...
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Times [γ ε ν ε α ι ς]. More correctly, generations, as Rev....
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PREACHING BY THE WAY
Acts 14:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we open the 14th chapter of Acts, we find Paul and Barnabas still
traveling together and entering into Iconium. It is our purpose today
to cover...
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Who in times past — He prevents their objection, "But if these
things are so, we should have heard the in from our fathers." Suffered
— An awful judgment, all nations — The multitude of them that err...