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ACTS 16:27 o` desmofu,lax
After o` desmofu,lax several manuscripts, including 614 1799 and 2147,
identify the jailer as o` pisto.j Stefana/j (“faithful
Stephanas”)....
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Verse Acts 16:27. _THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON - WOULD HAVE KILLED
HIMSELF_] Every jailor was made responsible for his prisoner, under
the same penalty to which the prisoner himself was exposed. The
jai...
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WOULD HAVE KILLED HIMSELF - This was done in the midst of agitation
and alarm. He supposed that the prisoners had fled. He presumed that
their escape would be charged on him. It was customary to hold...
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CHAPTER 16
_ 1. In Derbe and Lystra again. Timotheus (Acts 16:1)._
2. The Preaching forbidden in Asia (Acts 16:6).
3. The Vision of the Man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9).
4. The Gospel in Europe ...
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IMPRISONMENT OF PAUL AND SILAS. THE PRISON BROKEN. The rulers (Acts
16:19) are the heads of police; they are afterwards called _Strategi,
which_ answers to the Roman _Prœ tores._ Philippi was a colony...
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A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God
and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great
earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken.
I...
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KEEPER OF THE PRISON. Same as "jailor" (Acts 16:23).
AWAKING OUT OF HIS SLEEP. Literally becoming awake. Greek. _exupnos._
Only here. The verb _exupnizo_ only in John 11:11.
DREW OUT. drew.
WOULD HA...
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_And the keeper of the prison_ The word is rendered _jailor_in 23, and
might well be so here (as _R. V._), otherwise the English reader
supposes the Greek to be varied from this variation of translati...
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ἜΞΥΠΝΟΣ ΔῈ ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ Ὁ ΔΕΣΜΟΦΎΛΑΞ,
_and the jailor awaking out of his sleep_. For ἔξυπνος cf. 1Es
3:3, ὁ βασιλεὺς … ἐκοιμήθη καὶ
ἔξυπνος ἐγένετο. It is only found in N.T. in this
verse.
ΣΠΑΣΆΜΕΝΟΣ ΜΆΧ...
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PREACHING ON THE SABBATH AT PHILIPPI. CONVERSION AND BAPTISM OF LYDIA.
A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT BY ST PAUL. ANGER OF THOSE WHO MADE
GAIN THEREBY. PAUL AND SILAS ARE SEIZED, BROUGHT BEFORE THE
A...
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_THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILER IN PHILIPPI ACTS 16:16-40:_ At a place
of prayer in Philippi Paul and Silas came across a girl that had a
spirit of divination. Her masters made a lot of money from her p...
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ΈΞΥΠΝΟΣ (G1853) проснувшийся,
бодрствующий, поднявшийся,
ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part., см._ Acts 16:16. Temp,
или сопутств. _part._ ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.)
от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть,
ΆΝΕΦΓΜ...
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HE DREW OUT HIS SWORD, &C.— By the Roman law, if a prisoner escaped,
the gaoler was to suffer what the prisoner was to have suffered. When
therefore this man apprehended that all the prisoners were fl...
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AT PHILLIPPI. Acts 16:12-40
a.
A description of Philippi. Acts 16:12.
Acts 16:12
and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first
of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in...
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27. The jailer seems not to have heard the singing, but was awakened
by the motion of the earthquake, the slamming of the doors, and the
clanking of the fetters which fell from the hands of the prison...
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And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the
prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed
himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
AND THE KE...
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19 This is the first occasion in which the evangel comes into conflict
with the religion of the nations and with the spirit powers back of
it. Hitherto the Jews and Judaism opposed the evangel. At Lys...
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ST. PAUL IN EUROPE
1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was
perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated
the lad in the religion of Israel, tho...
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Journey into Europe, Philippi.
6. RV 'And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having
been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia.' At Lystra
(Acts 16:6) they received a...
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By Roman custom a gaoler who allowed a prisoner to escape suffered the
same penalty as the prisoner. If the charge was a capital one he
suffered death. The non-escape of the prisoners was due to terro...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 16
TIMOTHY WORKS WITH PAUL AND SILAS, 16:1-5
V1 Paul went to Derbe and then he went to Lystra. A *Christian called
Timothy lived there. Timothy...
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HE DREW OUT HIS SWORD, AND WOULD HAVE KILLED HIMSELF. — We have seen
in Acts 12:19 what was to be expected by a gaoler who, under any
circumstances, allowed a prisoner to escape. (See also Note on Act...
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ἔξυπνος : only here in N.T., once in LXX, Esther 3:3; Esther
3:3, of Darius waking from sleep. μάχαιραν : article omitted
in T.R., see critical note. Weiss thinks that the omission occurs
since in Act...
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SALVATION IN THE JAIL
Acts 16:25
Some, as we have seen, are converted by the gentle opening of the
heart; others amid the convulsions of the storm. The first knowledge
of salvation may have reached t...
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Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found
Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in
view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with
i...
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The Conversion of the Jailor
At midnight, while the other prisoners listened to Paul and Silas
singing and praying, a great earthquake shook open all the prison
doors and released all those bound in...
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(16) And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing
the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed
himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
(16) Th...
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The awakened and panic-stricken jailer, knowing that cruel Roman law
will require his life as substitute for the fugitive prisoner, in the
absence of Bible light on suicide, and with the noble example...
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And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and
the prisoners heard them. (26) And suddenly there was a great
earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and
i...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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27._When the keeper of the prison was awaked. _He would have slain
himself that he might prevent punishment; for it had been a foolish
answer to have said that the doors were opened of their own acc...
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There is perhaps no example of this more remarkable than that which
Paul does with regard to Timothy. He uses circumcision in all liberty
to set aside Jewish prejudice. It is very doubtful whether, ac...
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AND THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON AWAKING OUT OF HIS SLEEP,.... Not so much
by the loud voices of Paul and Silas, as by the uncommon motion of the
earth, which so shook him, as thoroughly to awake him:
AN...
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And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the
prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed
himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
Ver. 27. _An...
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_At midnight Paul and Silas prayed_ Doubtless, for their persecutors
as well as for themselves; _and sang praises unto God_ Notwithstanding
weariness, hunger, stripes, and blood; _and the prisoners he...
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WOULD HAVE KILLED HIMSELF; to avoid the punishment of death, to which
those were liable who allowed prisoners to escape. Compare chap Acts
12:19....
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Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted
before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who
had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visit...
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AND THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON, AWAKING FROM SLEEP AND SEEING THE PRISON
DOORS OPEN, SUPPOSING THE PRISONERS HAD FLED, DREW HIS SWORD AND WAS
ABOUT TO KILL HIMSELF.
1. The jailer wakes up from his slee...
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"And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors
open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the
prisoners had escaped"Roused out of sleep" The Jailer had...
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25-34 The consolations of God to his suffering servants are neither
few nor small. How much more happy are true Christians than their
prosperous enemies! As in the dark, so out of the depths, we may...
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AWAKING OUT OF HIS SLEEP, by the earthquake, which being upon an
extraordinary occasion, could not fail to do all that God intended by
it. WOULD HAVE KILLED HIMSELF, for fear of suffering a more cruel...
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27. The jailer seems not to have heard the singing, but was awakened
by the motion of the earthquake, the slamming of the doors, and the
clanking of the fetters which fell from the hands of the prison...
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Acts 16:27 And G1161 prison G1200 awaking G1096 (G5637) sleep G1853
and G2532 seeing G1492 (G5631) prison...
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‘And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison
doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing
that the prisoners had escaped.'
The jailer, aroused by the earthqu...
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ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT LEAD TO ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH IN PHILIPPI
(16:19-34).
But the problem was that what he had done would hit at men's pockets.
They did not care about the girl herself, they had...
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MINISTRY IN PHILIPPI FROM THE HOUSE OF LYDIA (16:12B-40).
The arrival in Europe was clearly seen by Luke as very important. He
illustrates the successful ministry there by a threefold description
of P...
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Acts 16:27. AND THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON AWAKING OUT OF HIS SLEEP, AND
SEEING THE PRISON DOORS OPEN, HE DREW HIS SWORD, AND WOULD HAVE KILLED
HIMSELF, SUPPOSING THAT THE PRISONERS HAD FLED. The jailor...
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BEING ROUSED OUT OF SLEEP
(εξυπνος γενομενος). Becoming εξυπνος (rare
word, only here in N.T., in LXX and Josephus). An earthquake like that
would wake up any one.OPEN
(ανεωιγμενος). Perfect pass...
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Acts 16:9. _And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a
man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia,
and help us._
Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts of...
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CONTENTS: Paul finds Timothy. Paul's Macedonian vision. The first
convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten.
Conversion of the Philippian jailer.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
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Acts 16:1. _Then came he to Lystra,_ as in Acts 14:6. In their former
labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy
her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timothy gro...
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ABOUT MIDNIGHT. Note they were praying and singing in spite of their
physical condition and the place where they were! SUDDENLY THERE WAS A
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE. This was God's answer. Compare Acts 4:31...
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_And the keeper of the prison … would have killed himself._
SUICIDE
Suicide is not to fear death, but yet to be afraid of life. It is a
brave act of valour to contemn death; but where life is more t...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in
which Paul witnessed.
⇐ ⇔...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 16:19. THE RULERS, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates
(Luke 12:58).
Acts 16:20. The MAGISTRATES, στρατηγοί, were the two chief
civic authorities (dunmviri) in a Roman colony...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 16:1
_And he came also _for _then came he, _A.V._ _and T.R.; _to Lystra
_for _Lystra, _A.V._; Timothy _for _Timotheus, _A.V._; of a Jewess
_for _of a certain woman which was a Jewess,...
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We remember at the end of our study last week there arose a contention
between Paul and Barnabas who had been close companions on the first
missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was i...
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1 Kings 16:18; 1 Samuel 31:4; 1 Samuel 31:5; 2 Samuel 17:23; Acts 16:
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Would have killed [ε μ ε λ λ ε ν α ν α ι ρ ε ι ν].
Rev., more correctly, was about to kill. Knowing that he must suffer
death for the escape of his prisoners....