Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
Acts 14:7
And they were preaching the gospel there.
1. Paul was not deterred in his mission.
2. Run out of one town, threatened with death, Paul moves to the next city and keeps preaching the gospel message.
And they were preaching the gospel there.
1. Paul was not deterred in his mission.
2. Run out of one town, threatened with death, Paul moves to the next city and keeps preaching the gospel message.
ACTS 14:2-7 The Western text of these verses adds a number of details that serve, among other things, to smooth away what, in the ordinary text, is a seeming lack of coherence between verses Acts 14:...
Verse Acts 14:7. _AND THERE THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL._] Wherever they went, they were always employed in their Master's work. Some MSS. of considerable note add here, _and all the people were moved at...
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...
ICONIUM. From Antioch to Iconium was a journey of about thirty hours, mostly on a new Roman road. It was the frontier city of Phrygia, but was now incorporated in the Roman province of Galatia. Its ma...
It happened in Iconium that they went in the same way into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke to such effect that a great crowd of the Jews and of the Greeks believed. But the Jews who did not believ...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
PREACHED, &C. = were preaching the gospel. Greek. _euangelizo._ App-121. They were itinerating to evangelize the whole district. Timothy was one of the converts, as, on the return visit, he is called....
Acts 14:1-7. PREACHING AT ICONIUM. THE APOSTLES FORCED TO FLEE....
_PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM ACTS 14:1-7:_ The missionary journey carried the brethren to Iconium. There they spoke of the grace of God and His gospel. They taught the people with power, boldness and...
ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΙΖΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G2097) провозглашать благую весть. Part, используется с ΗΣΑΝ в перифр. обороте, подчеркивающем длительное действие....
AND THERE THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL,— Some manuscripts add, _And the whole multitude were moved at their doctrine; but Paul and Barnabas continued at Lystra._...
IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20. a. General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....
See notes one verse 3...
And there they preached the gospel. AND THERE THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL. At Lystra, Paul having healed a born cripple, the people are scarce restrained from sacrificing to them as gods (14:8-18)...
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...
See critical notes for reading in. κἀκεῖ; found in four other places in Acts, but not at all in Luke's Gospel. εὐαγγελ. ἦσαν : “they were engaged in preaching the Gospel,” Ramsay; on participle with ἦ...
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...
_“Recognizing, they fled down into the cities of Lycaonia, i. e_., _Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country; and there they were preaching the gospel.”_...
Arriving in Iconium, they enter the Jewish synagogue, preach with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven, and a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks are converted to the Christhood of Jesus; meanwhil...
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. (2) But the unbeliev...
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...
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...
AND THERE THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL. They did not sit still, nor hide themselves in these places; but, as in others, they preached the Gospel, the good news and glad tidings of the incarnation of Chris...
And there they preached the gospel. Ver. 7. _And there they preached the gospel_] Which shows that their flying proceeded from prudence, and not from inconstance, lightness, or cowardice....
_And when there was an assault made_ Or was about to be made; _both of the Gentiles, and the Jews_ Who, though generally at enmity with one another, yet were united against the Christians, as Herod an...
PAUL AND BARNABAS AT ICONIUM AND LYSTRA. Success and persecution at Iconium:...
AND THERE THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL. On leaving Antioch, Paul and Barnabas turned toward the east, pursuing their course for a distance of sixty miles over a table-land filled with countless herds of g...
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...
Nothing could silence them....
1-7 The apostles spake so plainly, with such evidence and proof of the Spirit, and with such power; so warmly, and with such concern for the souls of men; that those who heard them could not but say,...
Thus was verified what St. Paul observed, PHILIPPIANS 1:12, that all those things fell out _unto the furtherance of the gospel, _ which spread the further for the scattering of the apostles and preach...
Acts 14:7 gospel G2258 (G5713) G2097 (G5734) there G2546 Acts 14:21,...
‘And when an onset was made both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them, they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and...
THE MINISTRY IN ICONIUM (14:1-7). Having been expelled unexpectedly from the Roman colony of Pisidian Antioch a decision had to be made as to which road to take. The Via Sebaste (Augustus Road) which...
_The Citizens of Lystra and Derbe, in Lycaonia_, _mistake the Missionary Apostles for Gods_. _Paul's Lystrian Sermon_, 7 - 19. Acts 14:7. AND THERE THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL. There appears to have been...
AND THERE THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL (κακε ευαγγελιζομενο ησαν). Periphrastic imperfect middle. We are to think of extensive evangelistic work perhaps with the assistance of disciples from Antioch 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...
THE CROWD IN THE CITY WAS DIVIDED. Many believed, but many refused to believe. DECIDED TO MISTREAT THE APOSTLES. The Greek text implies _sudden action,_ such as raising a mob. THEY FLED TO LYSTRA AND...
_But the multitude of the city was divided._ THE EFFECTS OF THE GOSPEL I. Division. “Behold I come not to cause peace, but division.” So said the Master; so felt the disciples. 1. The gospel causes...
_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...
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:1_ Paul and Barnabas in Iconium; or, continued Opposition from the Jews I. THEIR OCCUPATION IN ICONIUM.— 1. _The town and its population. The town._ Compelled to ret...
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...
1 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Timothy 4:2; Acts 11:19; Acts 14:21; Acts 17:2;
They preached the gospel [η σ α ν ε υ α γ γ ε λ ι ζ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. The finite verb with the participle, denoting continuance. They prolonged their preaching for some time....
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...