Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics
Suppose now we revolve in our minds the superstitions of Numa Pompilius, and consider his priestly offices and badges and privileges, his sacrificial services, too, and the instruments and vessels of the sacrifices themselves, and the curious rites of his expiations and vows: is it not clear to us that the devil imitated the well-known[425]
ACTS 14:10 The Western text is assimilated to the account of Peter’s healing the lame man at the Beautiful gate of the temple ( Acts 3:6). After fwnh|/ C D (E) 223 614 876 (2412) ith syrhmg copsa...
Verse Acts 14:10. _SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE_] After this clause the following is found in CD, and several others, either in the text or margin: σοι λεγω εν τῳ ονοματι του Κυριου Ιησου Χριστου, _I say_...
SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE - See the notes on John 11:43. AND HE LEAPED - See the notes on Acts 3:8. Compare Isaiah 35:6....
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...
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...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
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...
STAND. Greek. _aniatemi._ App-178.:1. UPRIGHT. straight. Greek. _orthos._ Only here and Hebrews 12:13. WALKED. began to walk. Compare Isaiah 35:6....
_said with a loud voice_ i.e. raising his tone above that in which he was speaking to the rest of the people. _Stand upright on thy feet_ It has been noticed in chap. 3 how different is the narration...
ΕἾΠΕΝ ΜΕΓΆΛΗΙ ΦΩΝΗ͂Ι, _said with a loud voice_, i.e. raising his tone above that in which his ordinary address was given. Chrysostom says, διατὶ μεγάλῃ φωνῇ; ὥστε τοὺς ὄχλους πιστεῦσαι, having their a...
CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS GODS....
_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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΆΝΆΣΤΗΘΙ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) вставать, ΉΛΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΛΛΟΜΑΙ (G242) скакать, подпрыгивать. ΠΕΡΙΕΠΆΤΕΙ _impf. in...
STAND UPRIGHT ON THY FEET,— Some manuscripts here read, _I say unto thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, stand upright,_ &c....
IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20. a. General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....
See notes one verse 8...
Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE, STAND UPRIGHT ON THY FEET. The effect was instantaneous and the cure perfect. AND HE LEAPED (O...
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...
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...
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...
STAND UPRIGHT ON THY FEET. — What may be called the _modus operandi_ of the miracle reminds us of that of the paralytic in Matthew 9:6, and the cripple at Bethesda in John 5:11, and the lame man in Ac...
ἀνάσ.… ὀρθός : verb, as elsewhere, Acts 9:34; Acts 9:40, but only here with ἐπὶ τοὺς π., hitherto they had been too weak to support him, ὀρθός signifying that he was entirely whole, _cf._ reading in D...
VARYING TREATMENT OF THE MESSAGE Acts 14:1-13 From Antioch the Apostles passed to Iconium, the capital of Lycaonia. It is most illuminating to note the source of their success: _The Lord bore witness...
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...
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...
HEALING OF THE CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA 8-10. The imperfect tense here shows that they had been preaching some time at Lystra. Meanwhile this poor cripple, who, the Greek says, had no power to use his feet,...
And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: (9) The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving...
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...
− 10._He said with a loud voice. _Many old books, − (19) and those of great credit, add, “I say to thee in the name of Jesus Christ,” and surely we see how careful the apostles were to magnify the nam...
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...
SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE,.... Not only that the man, but that all might hear and attend to the miracle about to be wrought: STAND UPRIGHT ON THY FEET; in five of Beza's manuscripts, and in other copies...
Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. Ver. 10. _And he leaped and walked_] Together with Paul's word there went forth a power: so there doth in all holy ordinan...
_And there sat_, &c. To the general account of the apostle's labours given above, the historian here subjoins a particular relation of some memorable events which happened at Lystra. _There sat a man...
A miracle and its effect upon the people:...
SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE, STAND UPRIGHT ON THY FEET. AND HE LEAPED AND WALKED....
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...
SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE, " STAND UP STRAIGHT ON YOUR FEET! " AND HE LEAPED AND WALKED. 1. Paul is speaking - loudly - not because the man was deaf. Paul is speaking loud enough that others can witness...
This was an immediate and complete healing. "The miracle was entire and complete in. moment. One who had never learned to walk, walking immediately, is. very striking miracle" (Reese p. 504). "Stand u...
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...
As ACTS 3:6,8, to shew that he was perfectly recovered of this lameness; as all miraculous cures (being the work of God) were perfect....
Acts 14:10 said G2036 (G5627) loud G3173 voice G5456 up G450 (G5628) straight G3717 on G1909 your...
‘And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked, the same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had f...
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...
Acts 14:10. AND HE LEAPED AND WALKED. The lame man sprang up in his glad consciousness of a new power he had never felt before. O strange miracle! Not only could he stand upright, he who ever since hi...
UPRIGHT (ορθος). Predicate adjective. In this sense Galen and Hippocrates frequently use ορθος (erect, straight). Paul spoke in a loud (μεγαλη) voice so that all could hear and know.HE LEAPED UP AN...
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...
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...
THERE WAS A MAN. Acts 14:3 shows us how many miracles were done to prove the Good News to be true. This one shows us something of the attitude and humility of the apostles. HE LISTENED TO PAUL'S WORDS...
_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...
_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...
_The same heard Paul speak: who … perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said … Stand upright._ FAITH TO BE HEALED I. What preceded his faith? Faith cometh by hearing; but the bearing of what? Th...
STAND ON YOUR OWN FEET Stand upright on thy feet. Acts 14:10. I wonder how many of you include the word “can't” in the list of words you use. It is a very stupid word, and does us no end of harm, a...
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. ⇐...
_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...
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...
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...
Acts 3:6; Acts 9:33; Acts 9:34; Isaiah 35:6; John 14:12;...
Upright [ο ρ θ ο ς]. Only here and Hebrews 12:13. Compare made straight, Luke 13:13, and see note there. Leaped [η λ α τ ο]. Better, as Rev., leaped up. Note the aorist tense, indicating a single act...
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...