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Mark Dunagan Commentaries

Acts 16:5

"So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily" Repeatedly in the book of Acts we see the importance of helping new converts to grow and mature (Acts 14:22; Acts 15:32; 41; Acts 11:26; Acts 2:42). Notice that such effort results in further growth ("increased in number daily"). One of the major keys towards church growth is taking very good care of those who already have been converted. From these verses and others (Hebrews 5:12; Matthew 28:20), every congregation needs to have. very well laid out plan for teaching new Christians. Also observe that congregations grow when issues (like the one in Chapter 15) even controversial issues, are clarified and settled.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 16:5. _AND SO WERE THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED_] The disputations at Antioch, relative to circumcision, had no doubt spread far and wide among other Churches, and unhinged many. The decrees of...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH - Confirmed in the belief of the gospel The effect of the wise and conciliatory measure was to increase and strengthen the churches....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS 16:5. SHORTER ACCOUNT OF PAUL'S JOURNEY IN ASIA MINOR. The editor's hand is apparent throughout this section. We know from Galatians 2:13 the real reason of Paul's difference with B...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Paul arrived at Derbe and Lystra and, look you, there was a disciple there called Timothy. He was the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was Greek. The brethren in Lystra and Ico...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND SO, &C. = The churches indeed therefore. CHURCHES. App-186. ESTABLISHED. Greek. _stereoo._ See note on Acts 3:7; Acts 14:22. A medical word. FAITH. App-150. DAILY. Greek. _kath'_ (App-104.) _h...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _established in the faith_ The verb is peculiar to the Acts, and is used (Acts 3:7; Acts 3:16) of the strengthening of the limbs of the lame man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple. So its employment...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΣΤΕΡΕΟΥ͂ΝΤΟ ΤΗ͂Ι ΠΊΣΤΕΙ, _were established in the faith_. This verb is peculiar to the Acts, and is used (Acts 3:7; Acts 3:16) of the strengthening of the limbs of the lame man at the Beautiful Gate...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Acts 16:1-12. PAUL REVISITS DERBE AND LYSTRA, CHOOSES TIMOTHY FOR A COMPANION IN HIS MISSION, AND CIRCUMCISES HIM. THEY PASS THROUGH PHRYGIA AND GALATIA, AND COME INTO MYSIA AND TO TROAS. BY A VISION...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE BEGINNING OF PAUL'S ACQUAINTANCE WITH TIMOTHY ACTS 16:1-5:_ When Paul traveled to Derbe and Lystra he met a disciple named Timotheus or Timothy. Later Paul wrote two New Testament books to this g...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΣΤΕΡΕΟΫ́ΝΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΣΤΕΡΕΌΩ (G4732) укреплять, усиливать (_см._ Acts 3:7). ΈΠΕΡΊΣΣΕΥΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ (G4052) увеличивать. _Impf._ указывает на постоянный рост....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THROUGH THE CITIES OF ICONIUM AND ANTIOCH. ACTS 16:4-5. Acts 16:4 And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles an...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 4...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. AND SO WERE THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH, AND INCREASED IN NUMBER (THAT IS, THE NUMBER OF THEIR MEMBERS) D...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    40 Silas was almost necessary as a companion for Paul. The decrees provided that they should be delivered by both Barnabas and Paul, while Judas and Silas were to confirm them by word of mouth. Now th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐκκ.: the last time ἐκκλησία is used by St. Luke, except of the Jerusalem Church, and in the peculiar case of the elders at Ephesus, Hort, _Ecclesia_, p. 95. Rendall, _Appendix_, μὲν οὖν, p...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GUIDED TO NEW FIELDS Acts 16:1 Paul had a wonderful influence over young men. Timothy, Titus, and Mark bore his impress. When circumcision was insisted upon, as in the previous chapter, no one oppose...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Timothy Joins Paul and Silas The stoning at Lystra might have discouraged some men from returning. However, Luke told Theophilus that Paul and Barnabas went back through the city as they were strengt...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    This proclamation of universal Gentile freedom from all burdens of Jewish ritualism, gives a universal impetus to the gospel church throughout the Gentile world. PAUL'S CALL TO EUROPE We Americans...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: (2) Which was well...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 5._The churches were confirmed. _By this we gather, that that which Luke setteth down, or rather touched concerning the decrees of the apostles, was, as it were, put in by the way, being not much ap...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SO WERE THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH,.... Of Christ, both in the grace and doctrine of faith; and that both by the preaching of the Gospel by the apostle and his companions, and by the de...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. Ver. 5. _Established in the faith, and increased in number_] Some were converted by their ministry, others confirmed....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And_ In order that peace might be secured among the brethren in these parts, and no unnecessary burden might be imposed upon the Gentile converts, through the arts of any Judaizing teachers; as Paul...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Through Asia Minor to Troas:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND SO 'WERE THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH, AND INCREASED IN NUMBER DAILY....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    SO THE CHURCHES WERE STRENGTHENED IN THE FAITH, AND INCREASED IN NUMBER DAILY. 1. When a problem is resolved - the church grows. The church grew: 1. After the problem of feeding widows in Acts 6:1-1...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Well may the church look for much service from youthful ministers who set out in the same spirit as Timothy. But when men will submit in nothing, and oblige in nothing, the first elements of the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH; being rightly persuaded in the nature and use of things indifferent; and, in general, of things necessary to be believed. AND INCREASED IN NUMBER DAILY; so that this visitati...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 16:5 So G3303 G3767 churches G1577 strengthened G4732 (G5712) faith G4102 and G2532 increased G4052 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.' This section now closes with the usual summary section. As a result of all these activities and decisions the churches...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 16:5. SO THE CHURCHES WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH. So (οὖν), as a consequence of the mediating tendency of the decrees of the Apostolic Council, a great bar to the acceptance of the gospel by t...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    WERE STRENGTHENED (εστερεουντο). Imperfect passive of στερεοω, old verb to make firm and solid like the muscles (Acts 3:7; Acts 3:16), these three the only examples in the N.T.INCREASED (επερισσευ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE TOWNS. They delivered the message from the Jerusalem church (Acts 15:23-29) to the churches [groups of believers] in the towns along the way....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Him would Paul have to go forth with him._ USING NEW CONVERTS It is good for young converts to be set at work; it is good for them. It is good for every Church to set its young converts at work; it...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 16:1. DERBE AND LYSTRA (see Acts 14:6) are now visited by Paul and Silas in reverse order to that followed in the first journey. THERE meant Lystra, not Derbe, as has been wron...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:2;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Were established [ε σ τ ε ρ ε ο υ ν τ ο]. Rather, were strengthened. Another word is used for established. See ch. Acts 14:22; Acts 14:32; Acts 14:41; Acts 18:23. There

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