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AND WITH THESE SAYINGS - With these arguments.
SCARCE RESTRAINED THEY THE PEOPLE - They were so fully satisfied that
the gods had appeared, and were so full of zeal to do them honor....
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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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ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
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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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WITH THESE SAYINGS. saying these things.
SCARCE. with difficulty. Greek. _molis._
RESTRAINED. made to cease. Greek. _katapauo._ Only here and Hebrews
4:4; Hebrews 4:8; Hebrews 4:10....
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_that they had not done sacrifice unto them_ i.e. "from doing
sacrifice," &c....
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ΤΟΥ͂ ΜῊ ΘΎΕΙΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ, _that they had not done
sacrifice unto them_. Here the genitival infinitive is in strict
government by the verb κατέπαυσαν, which like other verbs of
detention and hindering ca...
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CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS
GODS....
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ΜΌΛΙΣ (G3433) с трудом, едва, с усилием.
ΚΑΤΈΠΑΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΠΑΎΩ (G2664)
ограничивать, прекращать. Предложное
сочетание перфектно.
Артикулированный _inf._ в родительном
падеже использ...
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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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And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they
had not done sacrifice unto them.
AND WITH THESE SAYINGS SCARCE RESTRAINED THEY THE PEOPLE, THAT THEY
HAD NOT DONE SACRIFICE UNTO...
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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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WITH THESE SAYINGS SCARCE RESTRAINED THEY THE PEOPLE. — On some of
those who were thus restrained the effect may well have been that they
were roused to a higher life and did turn from “vanities” to t...
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μόλις : used only by Luke and Paul (with one exception of a
quotation, 1 Peter 4:18), Luke 9:39, W.H [270]; four times in Acts,
and Romans 5:7. κατέπαυσαν τοῦ μὴ, Acts 10:47
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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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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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18._When they had said thus. _Luke said before that they did not only
use words, but they ran also with violence into the multitude. −
(39) Now he addeth, that the fury of the people was scarce appe...
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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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AND WITH THESE SAYINGS,.... Concerning themselves, and concerning the
living God, his creation of all things, and his providential goodness:
SCARCE RESTRAINED THEY THE PEOPLE, THAT THEY HAD NOT DONE...
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And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they
had not done sacrifice unto them.
Ver. 18. _Scarce restrained they the people_] SeeActs 14:13. Man's
nature is marvellously prone t...
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The horrified speech of Paul:...
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AND WITH THESE SAYINGS SCARCE RESTRAINED THEY THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD
NOT DONE SACRIFICE UNTO THEM.
Evidently there was here a bilingual situation which complicated
matters. While the inhabitants of...
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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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AND WITH THESE SAYINGS THEY COULD SCARCELY RESTRAIN THE MULTITUDES
FROM SACRIFICING TO THEM.
1. Even will all of this - it was all Paul could do to prevent them
for offering sacrifices to them as if...
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Yet all these arguments barely kept the people from offering
sacrifices in the honor of Paul and Barnabas....
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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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So hard a matter it is to persuade any to leave off these sins they
are accustomed unto, or to rectify such errors in religion which men
are brought up in....
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Acts 14:18 And G2532 these G5023 sayings G3004 (G5723) scarcely G3433
restrain G2664 (G5656) multitudes G3793 from...
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‘And with these sayings scarce did they restrain the large crowds
from doing sacrifice to them.'
Thus they sought to turn the people from their foolish path by facing
them up to the truth about the li...
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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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SCARCE
(μολις). Adverb in same sense as old μογις, from μολος,
toil.RESTRAINED
(κατεπαυσαν). Effective first aorist active indicative of
καταπαυω, old verb in causative sense to make abstain
from...
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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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_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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_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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_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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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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Exodus 32:21; Genesis 11:6; Genesis 19:9; Jeremiah 44:16; Jeremia
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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...