Acts 16:1
And he came even unto Derbe, and unto Lystra; and lo! a certain disciple, was there, by name Timothy, son of a believing Jewish woman, but whose father was a Greek,—
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2who was well-attested by the brethren in 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 intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands,—and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.
Acts 14:6They became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country;
Acts 17:14Howbeit, then, immediately, the brethren sent away, Paul, to be journeying as far as unto the sea; and both Silas and Timothy stayed behind, there.
Acts 19:22And, sending off into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself, held on awhile in Asia.
Romans 16:21There salute you—Timothy, my fellow-worker, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the husband that believeth not is hallowed in the wife, and the wife that believeth not is hallowed in the brother: else were, your children, impure, but, now, are they, pure.
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 →