Acts 16:1
Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra: and beholde, a certaine disciple was there named Timotheus, a womans sonne, which was a Iewesse and beleeued, but his father was a Grecian,
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2Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.
Cross References
Ezra 9:2For they haue taken their daughters to theselues, and to their sonnes, and they haue mixed the holy seede with the people of the landes, and the hande of the princes and rulers hath bene chiefe in this trespasse.
Acts 14:6They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the region round about,
Acts 17:14But by and by the brethren sent away Paul to goe as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
Acts 19:22So sent hee into Macedonia two of them that ministred vnto him, Timotheus and Erastus, but he remained in Asia for a season.
Romans 16:21Timotheus my helper, and Lucius, and Iason, and Sosipater my kinsemen, salute you.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the vnbeleeuing husband is sanctified to the wife, and the vnbeleeuing wife is sanctified to the husband, els were your children vncleane: but nowe are they holie.
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 →