Acts 16:1
And he came to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain faithful Jewish woman, but of a Greek father,
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2who was well reported of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.
Cross References
Ezra 9:2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yea, the hand of the heads and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
Acts 14:6having become aware of it, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the neighboring region.
Acts 17:14But then straightaway the brothers sent Paul away to go as far as to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy remained there.
Acts 19:22And having sent into Macedonia two of those who help him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Romans 16:21Timothy my co-workman, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband, then otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
Matthew Henry on Acts 16:1
It is some rebuke to Barnabas that after he left Paul we hear no more of him, of what he did or suffered for Christ. But Paul, as he was recommended by the brethren to the grace of God, so his services for Christ after this are largely recorded; we are to attend him in this chapter from place to place, wherever he came doing good, either watering or planting, beginning new work or improving what was done. Here is, I. The beginning of his acquaintance with Timothy, and taking him to be his assistant, ver. 1-3 . II.… Read the whole commentary →