Acts 16:1
And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;
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2Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.
Cross References
Ezra 9:2For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.
Acts 14:6Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:
Acts 17:14So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.
Acts 19:22And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.
Romans 16:21Timothy, who is working with me, sends his love to you, so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relations.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they 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 →