Acts 16:1
And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess which believed; but his father was a Greek.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
2The same was well reported of by the brethren that were 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 princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Acts 14:6they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
Acts 17:14And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.
Acts 19:22And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Romans 16:21Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; 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 →