Now the sorrowing Nazarenes gather around their murdered brother to bury him. To their joyful surprise, he jumps out of the rock-pile with a big shout, and walks with Barnabas to his next appointment at Derbe. Cheered with God's blessing on their labors, and witnessing many conversions, they come right back to Lystra, where they had killed Paul. Do you think you could have come back and give them a chance to kill you again?
ACTS 14:20 The ordinary text is expanded in several Western witnesses: “Then the disciples [_brethren,_ copG67] gathered around him, _and the crowd left_ [ith copG67]. And when evening had come [when...
Verse Acts 14:20. _THE DISCIPLES STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM_] No doubt in earnest prayer, entreating the _Author of life_ that his soul might again return to its battered tenement. _HE ROSE UP_] Miraculo...
HOWBEIT - Notwithstanding the supposition that he was dead. AS THE DISCIPLES STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM - It would seem that they did not suppose I that he was dead; but might be expecting that he would r...
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...
There came certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium. They won over the crowds and they stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, for they thought he was dead. While the disciples stood in a circle ro...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
HOWBEIT. But. STOOD ROUND ABOUT. encircled. Greek. _kukloo._ Only here, Luke 21:20; John 10:24.Hebrews 11:30; Revelation 20:9.
_as the disciples stood round about him_ Among these we may well believe that the young Timothy was included. Braving all danger that might attend on their act, the believers at Lystra gathered about...
CHANGE OF FEELING IN THE MULTITUDE. PAUL IS STONED. THE APOSTLES VISIT DERBE, AND THEN RETURN, BY THE ROUTE BY WHICH THEY CAME, TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA...
ΚΥΚΛΩΣΆΝΤΩΝ ΔῈ ΤΩ͂Ν ΜΑΘΗΤΩ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ, _but as the disciples stood round about him_. Among this ring of disciples we may well believe that the young Timothy was included. Braving all danger that might a...
_PAUL IS STONED FOR PREACHING CHRIST ACTS 14:18-20:_ The things they said concerning themselves, and concerning the living God, His creation of all things, His goodness toward men barely kept the peop...
ΚΥΚΛΩΣΆΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΥΚΛΌΩ (G2944) окружать. _Gen. abs._ ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) подниматься, вставать, ΕΊΣΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ, _см...
HE ROSE UP, &C.— That, just after he had been stoned, dragged about the streets, and left for dead, he should rise, and walk back into the city, must certainly have been the effect of a miraculous cur...
AT DERBE. Acts 14:20 b, Acts 14:21 a. Acts 14:20 b and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe. Acts 14:21 a And when they had
IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20. a. General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....
20. Although Paul's physical constitution was feeble, he had, as is often the case with such constitutions, great tenacity of life. The mob left him, thinking he was dead. (20) "_But while the discipl...
Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. HOWBEIT, AS THE DISCIPLES STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM - `having s...
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...
There is no reason to suppose a miracle here: cp. Acts 20:10. Having at Lystra to deal with pure heathens, and not as usual with persons influenced by Judaism, St. Paul bases his teaching upon Natural...
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...
HOWBEIT, AS THE DISCIPLES STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM. — They, it is obvious, had been powerless to prevent the attack; but they stole out, when all was over, it may be, with the purpose of giving at least...
κυκλ.: Bengel says “tanquam sepeliendum,” and others have held the same view, but the word need not imply more than that the disciples surrounded him, to help if human aid could profit, and to lament...
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...
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...
Though Stoned, Paul Continues Preaching! The hostile Jews from Antioch in Pisidia and Iconium soon came to Lystra and persuaded the people to stone Paul. They dragged his seemingly lifeless body outsi...
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. (20) Howbeit, as the disciples st...
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...
− 20._As the disciples. _Though no man defended Paul, yet Luke showeth that the godly were desirous of his life; − (42) yet they did so moderate themselves, lest they should attempt anything with grea...
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...
HOWBEIT AS THE DISCIPLES STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM,.... Weeping over him, and lamenting for him, and it may be praying to God, that he would restore him to life: however, they got about him, in order to t...
Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. Ver. 20. _He rose up_] He starts up when stoned with a _sic,...
_Howbeit, as the disciples stood round_ For there were some here at Lystra that became disciples, having found the mean between deifying the apostles and rejecting them. And though Paul's enemies left...
HOWBEIT, AS THE DISCIPLES STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM, HE ROSE UP, AND CAME INTO THE CITY; AND THE NEXT DAY HE DEPARTED WITH BARNABAS TO DERBE....
THE RETURN JOURNEY TO SYRIA. Mob violence in Lystra and the Gospel in Derbe:...
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...
HOWEVER, WHEN THE DISCIPLES GATHERED AROUND HIM, HE ROSE UP AND WENT INTO THE CITY. AND THE NEXT DAY HE DEPARTED WITH BARNABAS TO DERBE. 1. When the angry mob left - no doubt to rejoice in their vict...
"He arose" Luke has already informed us that Paul had not died, so this is not. resurrection, yet for Paul to get up, enter the city, and then travel the next day does seem to indicate some sort of mi...
19-28 See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with gr...
STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM; either in order to bury him, thinking him to be dead, as well as his persecutors did; or else to defend him, as much as possibly they could, from the rage of his enemies in that...
20. Although Paul's physical constitution was feeble, he had, as is often the case with such constitutions, great tenacity of life. The mob left him, thinking he was dead. (20) "_ But while the discip...
Acts 14:20 However G1161 disciples G3101 around G2944 (G5660) him G846 up G450 (G5631) went G1525 ...
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...
‘But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and entered into the city.' But as the grief-stricken believers gathered round his body, to their surprise Paul rose up and walked into the cit...
FURTHER MINISTRY AND FOLLOW UP AND BACK TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (14:20B-28). Recognising that their continued presence in Lystra would not be for the good of the infant church, and that they must let passi...
Acts 14:20. AS THE DISCIPLES STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM. His work in Lystra had not been in vain. Different to the awful night in Gethsemane when all forsook the arrested Master and fled, the disciples of...
STOOD ROUND ABOUT HIM (κυκλωσαντων αυτον). Genitive absolute with first aorist active participle of κυκλοω, old verb from κυκλος (circle, cycle) to make a circle round, to encircle. The would-be mur...
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...
SOME JEWS CAME FROM ANTIOCH. Some think Paul's "thorn in the flesh" refers to these Jews. [compare Numbers 33:55_:_ Joshua 23:13; 2 Timothy 4:14-17.] The Lystrans, frustrated because they were not per...
_And there came thither certain Jews … Who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city._ THE FICKLENESS OF THE LYSTRIANS It would not be difficult to find a parallel to th...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:20 The presence of DISCIPLES indicates that, despite the opposition, a group of believers was established at Lystra (including Timothy; Acts 16:1)....
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 14:20_ The Homeward Journey of Paul and Barnabas; or, Back to Antioch in Syria I. THE TURNING POINT.—Derbe (see on Acts 14:6). 1. The _character_ of the apostles’ work...
_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...
2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 6:9; Acts 12:17;...
To Derbe. A journey of only a few hours....
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...
But as the disciples stood round — Probably after sunset. The enraged multitude would scarce have suffered it in the day time: he rose and went into the city — That he should be able to do this, just...