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Verse Acts 14:17. _HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS_] Though he
gave the Gentiles no revelation of his will, yet he continued to
govern them by his gracious providence; doing them _good_ in genera...
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NEVERTHELESS - Though he gave them no revelation.
HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS - He gave demonstration of his
existence and of his moral character.
IN THAT HE DID GOOD - By doing good. The ma...
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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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NEVERTHELESS. And yet.
LEFT. Greek. _aphiemi._ App-174.
WITHOUT WITNESS. Greek. _amarturos._ Only here.
IN THAT HE DID, &C. = doing good. Greek. _agathopoieo._ Here, Mark
3:4.Luke 6:9; Luke 6:33;...
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_he left not himself without witness_ This is the same argument which
the Apostle employs (Acts 17:27) to the more philosophic multitude
whom he addressed on Mars" hill. God's natural teaching is mean...
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CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS
GODS....
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ἈΓΑΘΟΥΓΩ͂Ν for ἀγαθοποιῶν with אABC.
17. ΟΥ̓Κ�, _He left not Himself without witness_. This is the
same argument which the Apostle employs (Acts 17:27) to the more
philosophic multitude whom he addres...
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_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...
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HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS,— Though left to the heathen
dispensation,theGentileswereculpablefortheir idolatry, and other
abuses of the light afforded them, inasmuch as the works of creation
a...
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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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Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did
good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our
hearts with food and gladness.
NEVERTHELESS, [ kaitoige (G2544...
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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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GAVE US RAIN] RV 'gave you rains.' There was great scarcity of water
in Lycaonia, owing to a deficient rainfall....
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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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HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS. — Here again we have the
outline of what is afterwards expanded (Romans 1:19). In speaking to
peasants like those at Lystra, St. Paul naturally dwells most on the...
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καίτοιγε, see critical notes. If we read καίτοι the word
is only found in the N.T. here and in Hebrews 4:3; used here as an
adversative conjunction; see Simcox, _Language of the N. T._, p. 168,
and fu...
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ὃς : God working not only in creation, but in history, not only the
source of life but the personal living Guide and Ruler of man, even in
His tolerance far removed from the easy indifference of the g...
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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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_GOD’S GIFTS TO MEN_
‘[God] left not Himself without witness, in that He did good, and
gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts
with food and gladness.’
Acts 14:17
These w...
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17.− _Notwithstanding, he did not suffer himself to be without
witness. _Paul and Barnabas take from the Gentiles in this place the
cloak [pretext] of ignorance. For how greatly soever men please
th...
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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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NEVERTHELESS, HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS,.... Of his kindness
and goodness to them, during this long interval and period of time;
for they had not the written law, yet they were not destitute...
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Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good,
and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts
with food and gladness.
Ver. 17. _He left not himself_] H...
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_Then the priest of Jupiter_ Who was esteemed the tutelar deity of
that place, and whose statue stood just without the gate; _brought
oxen_, or _bulls_ rather, _and garlands_ To put on the victims; th...
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WITNESS; evidences of his existence, power, and goodness....
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The horrified speech of Paul:...
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NEVERTHELESS HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS, IN THAT HE DID GOOD,
AND GAVE US RAIN FROM HEAVEN AND FRUITFUL SEASONS, FILLING OUR HEARTS
WITH FOOD AND GLADNESS....
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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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NEVERTHELESS HE DID NOT LEAVE HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS, IN THAT HE DID
GOOD, GAVE US RAIN FROM HEAVEN AND FRUITFUL SEASONS, FILLING OUR
HEARTS WITH FOOD AND GLADNESS. "
1. God was still present with t...
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"Yet He did not leave Himself without witness" God had been very
active in history. Not only does the creation itself bear witness to
God's existence (Psalms 19:1 ff; Romans 1:20), but God also had
pr...
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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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These words are to prevent that cavil, Why does God yet complain? and
inform them, that though God had not given them, nor their ancestors,
his laws written in tables of stone, as he had given to the...
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Acts 14:17 Nevertheless G2544 G2532 not G3756 leave G863 (G5656)
Himself G1438 witness G267 good G15 ...
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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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These were not Jews. Nor were they people with a background in Judaism
or philosophy. As they were revealing they were out and out idolaters
and simple men. But Paul does not turn away from them. Rath...
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Acts 14:17. AND GAVE US RAIN FROM HEAVEN. This mention of ‘rain from
heaven' was an especial instance of Divine benevolence to the people
of Lystra, as in the Lycaonian country water was so extremely...
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AND YET
(καιτο). Old Greek compound particle (κα το). In the N.T.
twice only, once with finite verb as here, once with the participle
(Hebrews 4:3).WITHOUT WITNESS
(αμαρτυρον). Old adjective (α p...
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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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_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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_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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_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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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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:17 RAINS... AND FRUITFUL SEASONS. Paul tells
them their regular harvests, the FOOD they eat every day, and the
GLADNESS they experience in the ordinary activities of life
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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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1 Kings 18:1; 1 Timothy 6:17; Acts 17:27; Acts 17:28; Deuteronomy 11
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Rains. Jupiter was Lord of the air. He dispensed the thunder and
lightning, the rain and the hail, the rivers and tempests. "All signs
and portents whatever, that appear in the air, belong primarily t...
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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...
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He left not himself without witness — For the heathens had always
from God himself a testimony both of his existence and of his
providence; in that he did good — Even by punishments he testifies
of hi...