(22) And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the house of] Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
(22) We may avoid dangers in such a way that we never neglect our duty.
Verse Acts 16:40. _ENTERED INTO_ THE HOUSE OF _LYDIA_] This was the place of their residence while at Philippi: see Acts 16:15. _THEY COMFORTED THEM, AND DEPARTED._] The magistrates were sufficientl...
THEY COMFORTED THEM - They exhorted them, and encouraged them to persevere, notwithstanding the opposition and persecution which they might meet with. AND DEPARTED - That is, Paul and Silas departed....
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 ...
RECKONING WITH THE MAGISTRATES. The legal proceedings are to go no further. But Paul has two grievances to clear up with the magistrates before he will leave the prison. The proceedings of the former...
A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. I...
COMFORTED. exhorted. Greek. _parakaleo,_ as in verses: Acts 16:9; Acts 16:15; Acts 16:39....
_into the house of Lydia_ Waiting there probably till they were fit to travel farther. But in the midst of the suffering they still exhort and comfort the Christians whom in their stay they had gather...
ΠΡῸΣ ΤῊΝ ΛΥΔΊΑΝ with אABDEHLP. _Vulg_. ‘ad.’ ΠΑΡΕΚΆΛΕΣΑΝ ΤΟῪΣ� omitting αὐτούς with אAB. _Vulg_. ‘visis fratribus consolati sunt eos.’ 40. ΠΡῸΣ ΤῊΝ ΛΥΔΊΑΝ, _into the house of Lydia_. Waiting there p...
THE MAGISTRATES WOULD SEND THEM AWAY, BUT PAUL REFUSES TO BE THUS DISMISSED. HE ANNOUNCES THAT THEY ARE ROMANS, AND THE MAGISTRATES IN FEAR BESEECH THEM TO DEPART. THEY TAKE LEAVE OF LYDIA AND THE BRE...
_THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILER IN PHILIPPI ACTS 16:16-40:_ At a place of prayer in Philippi Paul and Silas came across a girl that had a spirit of divination. Her masters made a lot of money from her p...
ΈΞΕΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 16:3. ΕΊΣΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) входить, ΪΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 16:19. ΠΑΡΕΚΆΛΕΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3
THEY COMFORTED THEM AND DEPARTED.— Such an extraordinary interposition of God for his suffering servants, and such an addition made to their church, had a natural tendency both to cheer their hearts,...
AT PHILLIPPI. Acts 16:12-40 a. A description of Philippi. Acts 16:12. Acts 16:12 and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in...
40. When they were discharged, they took their own time to comply with the polite request of the magistrates. (40) "_Then they went out of the prison, and went into the house of Lydia; and having seen...
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. AND THEY WENT OUT OF THE PRISON. Having attained their...
19 This is the first occasion in which the evangel comes into conflict with the religion of the nations and with the spirit powers back of it. Hitherto the Jews and Judaism opposed the evangel. At Lys...
16:40 exhorted (c-18) _ Parakaleo_ . as 'entreat,' 1 Corinthians 4:16 ....
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...
Journey into Europe, Philippi. 6. RV 'And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia.' At Lystra (Acts 16:6) they received a...
COMFORTED] exhorted. And departed] Silas and Timothy accompanied St. Paul, but (since the 'we' is now dropped) St. Luke was probably left behind to take charge of the Philippian Church (see Acts 17:1)...
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...
THEY COMFORTED THEM, AND DEPARTED. — Lydia’s house appears to have been the meeting-place of the brethren, as well as the lodging of the Apostle and his party. As the third person is now resumed, we m...
εἰς, see critical notes; they would not leave the city without once more visiting the household out of which grew the Church dearest to St. Paul; see Lightfoot's remarks on the growth of the Church fr...
SALVATION IN THE JAIL Acts 16:25 Some, as we have seen, are converted by the gentle opening of the heart; others amid the convulsions of the storm. The first knowledge of salvation may have reached t...
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...
Paul's Refusal to Depart Secretly The next morning, the magistrates sent to the prison to quietly release Paul and Silas. The apostle refused to go quietly, likely because he wanted the authorities to...
Paul and Silas now come to the house of Lydia, where they find Timothy and Luke, who, along with the few disciples converted in the woman's meeting, have spent a night of agonizing prayer and solitude...
REFLECTIONS Amidst many gracious improvements to be made of this Chapter, I would desire to remark the Lord's merciful manifestations, in the instances here recorded of sovereign grace, in opening the...
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go. (36) And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore de...
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...
− 40._When they saw, etc. _They were desired to part presently; yet it became them to regard the brethren, lest the tender seed of the gospel should perish, and undoubtedly they would have tarried lon...
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...
AND THEY WENT OUT OF THE PRISON,.... In a public manner, with great honour and reputation, at the request of the magistrates that put them there: AND ENTERED INTO [THE HOUSE] OF LYDIA; whom Paul had...
And they went out of the prison, and entered into _the house of_ Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. Ver. 40. _And departed_] Yet so, as that St Paul soon a...
_And they went out_, &c. The servants of Christ, being honourably cleared from every crime by this public release, left the prison quietly, and went to _the house of Lydia_ With whom they had lodged b...
COMFORTED THEM; by recounting the goodness of God, and encouraging them to love and trust in him....
AND THEY WENT OUT OF THE PRISON, AND ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE OF LYDIA; AND WHEN THEY HAD SEEN THE BRETHREN, THEY COMFORTED THEM AND DEPARTED. In the morning a peculiar surprise came to the imprisoned m...
The release of the prisoners:...
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...
SO THEY WENT OUT OF THE PRISON AND ENTERED _THE HOUSE OF_ LYDIA; AND WHEN THEY HAD SEEN THE BRETHREN, THEY ENCOURAGED THEM AND DEPARTED. 1. They left the prison and went to see Lydia, the first conve...
"And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed" Evidently where Paul and his companions had been staying...
35-40 Paul, though willing to suffer for the cause of Christ, and without any desire to avenge himself, did not choose to depart under the charge of having deserved wrongful punishment, and therefore...
ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE OF LYDIA; of whom, ACTS 16:14. They do not shun dangers, so as to neglect their duty. They comforted them, in respect of the tribulation they had endured, and were still to endu...
40. When they were discharged, they took their own time to comply with the polite request of the magistrates. (40) "_ Then they went out of the prison, and went into the house of Lydia; and having see...
Acts 16:40 So G1161 went G1831 (G5631) of G1537 prison G5438 entered G1525 (G5627) G1519 Lydia...
‘And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.' But the agreement to leave was amicable. They were not e...
MINISTRY IN PHILIPPI FROM THE HOUSE OF LYDIA (16:12B-40). The arrival in Europe was clearly seen by Luke as very important. He illustrates the successful ministry there by a threefold description of P...
Acts 16:40. AND THEY WENT OUT OF THE PRISON, AND ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE OF LYDIA. Even after the magistrates had paid them the respect of an official visit, and had expressed their regrets, the apostl...
INTO THE HOUSE OF LYDIA (προς την Λυδιαν). No word in the Greek for "house," but it means the house of Lydia. Note "the brethren" here, not merely Luke and Timothy, but other brethren now converted...
Acts 16:40 The Gospel brought into Europe. We have in this story: I. The old lesson of the power of small things, or rather the power of the earnest heart and steady purpose working by means of comm...
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...
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 ROMAN AUTHORITIES. It may have been fear of the earthquake, or "second-thoughts" about their cruel treatment of "holy men" which influenced them to order the release. BUT PAUL SAID. Roman law said...
_And they spake unto him the Word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house._ HOUSEHOLD SALVATION It sometimes happens that a good man has to go alone to heaven: God’s election has separated him...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in which Paul witnessed. ⇐ ⇔...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 16:19. THE RULERS, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates (Luke 12:58). Acts 16:20. The MAGISTRATES, στρατηγοί, were the two chief civic authorities (dunmviri) in a Roman colony...
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,...
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...
1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 4:16;...
They went out. Note that Luke here resumes the third person, implying that he did not accompany them....
When they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed — Though many circumstances now invited their stay, yet they wisely complied with the request of the magistrates, that they might not...