Acts 16:1

BUT a certain disciple was there whose name was Timotheus, the son of a certain Jihudoytha, a believer, and his father an Aramoya.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

In Context

2And all the disciples who were of Lystra and Ikonia testified concerning him.

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Cross References

Acts 14:6And when they knew, they passed away, and escaped to the cities of Lykania, Lystra, and Derbe, and the villages which surround them,

Acts 17:14And the brethren dismissed Paulos that he should go down by sea; and Shilo and Timotheos remained in that city.

Acts 19:22And he sent two men of those who ministered to him to Makedunia, Timotheos and Aristos; but he remained a time in Asia.

Romans 16:21Timotheos, a labourer with me, and Lukios and Iason and Sosipatros my kinsmen ask for your peace.

1 Corinthians 7:14For the man who believeth not is sanctified by the wife who believeth; and any wife who believeth not is sanctified by the husband who believeth; otherwise their children would be unclean; but now are they clean.

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 →

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