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Acts 16:26
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
ACTS 16:26 paracrh/ma In the opinion of a majority of the Committee the omission of paracrh/ma from B itgig Lucifer must be accidental. The word appears to be a favorite with Luke, occurring in fift...
Verse Acts 16:26. _THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE_] Thus God bore a miraculous testimony of approbation to his servants; and, by the earthquake, and loosing the bonds of the prisoners, showed, in a sym...
AND SUDDENLY - While they were praying and singing. A GREAT EARTHQUAKE - Matthew 28:2. An earthquake, in such circumstances, was regarded as a symbol of the presence of God, and as an answer to prayer...
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 ...
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...
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. I...
A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
SUDDENLY. Greek. _aphno._ See note on Acts 2:2. EARTHQUAKE. Greek. _seismos._ See note on Matthew 8:24. PRISON. Greek. _desmoterion._ See note on Acts 5:21. Not the word _phulake_ which occurs in ver...
_And suddenly there was a great earthquake_ Just as the place wherein the Apostles prayed (Acts 4:31) was shaken, so here God testifies that He is near at hand. _and every one's bands were loosed_ The...
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...
ΣΕΙΣΜῸΣ ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ ΜΈΓΑΣ, _there was a great earthquake_. Just as the place wherein the Apostles prayed (Acts 4:31) was shaken, so here God testifies that He is near at hand. ΠΆΝΤΩΝ ΤᾺ ΔΕΣΜᾺ�, _every one...
_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...
ΆΦΝΩ (G869)-внезапно. ΣΕΙΣΜΌΣ (G4578) сотрясение, землетрясение, ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 16:16. ΣΑΛΕΥΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf. от_ ΣΑΛΕΎΩ (G4530) трясти. _Inf._ с ΏΣΤΕ (G5620) выража
AND AT MIDNIGHT PAUL AND SILAS, &C.— These blessed apostles were as little daunted at suffering, as elevated when they were caressed and about to be adored for their miraculous cures. This was true fo...
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 in...
26. The song of the apostles was a strange sound to the other prisoners, but one most welcome to heaven; and God, who appeared almost to have forsaken his servants, came to their relief in a manner pe...
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS A...
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...
Journey into Europe, Philippi. 6. RV 'And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia.' At Lystra (Acts 16:6) they received a...
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...
AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS A GREAT EARTH QUAKE. — Both the region and the time were, it will be remembered, conspicuous for convulsions of this kind. Cities in Asia, such as Sardis, Apamea and Laodicea, a...
ἄφνω, see on Acts 2:2. σεισμὸς, _cf._ Acts 4:31, where the divine nearness and presence were manifested in a similar manner; the neighbourhood and the period were conspicuous for such convulsions of n...
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 t...
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...
_All the doors were opened. This made the jailer conclude the prisoners had made their escape. And he being answerable for them, and expecting to be put to death, was for stabbing himself. (Witham)_...
To put a final quietus to all the trouble, they cast Paul and Silas into the deep, dark dungeon of their cruel, filthy old prison, with their lacerated, bleeding backs down on the cold, stone floor, a...
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...
− 26._There was an earthquake. _The Lord, in showing this visible sign, meant chiefly to provide for his servants, that they might more manifestly know that they prayers were heard; yet he had respect...
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 SUDDENLY THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE,.... An extraordinary and unusual one; which did not arise from natural causes, from wind being pent up in the earth, but from the prayers and praises of the...
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. Ver. 26. _There was a great...
_At midnight Paul and Silas prayed_ Doubtless, for their persecutors as well as for themselves; _and sang praises unto God_ Notwithstanding weariness, hunger, stripes, and blood; _and the prisoners he...
BANDS; chains, cords, or fetters by which they were confined....
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...
SUDDENLY THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE, SO THAT THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE PRISON WERE SHAKEN; AND IMMEDIATELY ALL THE DOORS WERE OPENED AND EVERYONE ' S CHAINS WERE LOOSED. 1. Earthquake - Earthquakes we...
"and suddenly there was. great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed" Here we learn that the...
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...
SUDDENLY; how soon is prayer answered, when the fulness of time is come! So nigh is God unto all that call upon him, PSALMS 34:17, PSALMS 145:18. THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE; an earthquake did usuall...
26. The song of the apostles was a strange sound to the other prisoners, but one most welcome to heaven; and God, who appeared almost to have forsaken his servants, came to their relief in a manner pe...
Acts 16:26 G1161 Suddenly G869 was G1096 (G5633) great G3173 earthquake G4578 that G5620 foundations G2310 prison...
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 P...
ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT LEAD TO ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH IN PHILIPPI (16:19-34). But the problem was that what he had done would hit at men's pockets. They did not care about the girl herself, they had...
‘But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-hou...
Acts 16:26. AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE. Vain attempts have been made (for instance, by Baur and Zeller) to explain away the miraculous aspect of this event. But the simple words of the...
EARTHQUAKE (σεισμος). Old word from σειω, to shake. Luke regarded it as an answer to prayer as in Acts 4:31. He and Timothy were not in prison.SO THAT THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE PRISON HOUSE WERE SHAKE...
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...
ABOUT MIDNIGHT. Note they were praying and singing in spite of their physical condition and the place where they were! SUDDENLY THERE WAS A VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE. This was God's answer. Compare Acts 4:31...
_And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone._ APOSTOLIC DUTY AND VICISSITUDES I. Christ’s servants will use whatever power they possess to set the slaves of Satan free. Paul did n...
_And suddenly there was a great earthquake._ THE EARTHQUAKE AT PHILIPPI A miraculous act of the breaker of all bonds. I. He breaks the bonds of tribulation, when His elect call to Him day and night...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in which Paul witnessed. ⇐ ⇔...
_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 12:10; Acts 12:7; Acts 4:31; Acts 5:19; Isaiah 42:7;...