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ACTS 16:29 prose,pesen
After prose,pesen the Western text (D* itd, gig vgcl syrh with obelus
copsa, bo Lucifer Cassiodorus) introduces the natural supplement pro.j
tou.j po,daj....
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Verse 29. _HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT_] That he might see how things stood,
and whether the words of Paul were true; for on this his personal
safety depended.
_CAME TREMBLING_] Terrified by the earthquake...
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THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT - Greek: lights, in the plural. Probably
several torches were brought by his attendants.
AND CAME TREMBLING - Alarmed at the earthquake; amazed that the
prisoners were still...
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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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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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A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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CALLED FOR. asked for. Greek. _aiteo._ App-134.
LIGHT. Greek. _phos._ App-130.
SPRANG IN. Greek. _eispedao._ Only here and Acts 14:14
CAME TREMBLING. becoming (Greek. _ginomai)_ in. tremble (Greek....
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_Then he called for a light_ The Greek has "_lights_." He would summon
all the help he could, and wish to make his inspection as speedy as
possible.
_and came trembling_ Lit. _and being terror-strick...
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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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ΑἸΤΉΣΑΣ ΔῈ ΦΩ͂ΤΑ, _and having called for lights_. He
would summon all the help he could, and would wish to make an
inspection of his charge as speedily as possible.
ἜΝΤΡΟΜΟΣ ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ, _being terror-s...
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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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ΑΊΤΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (conymcme.)_ от ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154)
спрашивать,
ΦΩΣ (G5457) свет,
ΕΊΣΕΠΉΔΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΊΣΠΗΔΆΩ (G1530)
вбегать, вноситься, врываться (ММ),
ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.)...
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DISCOURSE: 1787
THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILOR
Acts 16:29. _Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out,
and said, Sirs, wha...
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THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT,— As φωτα, _lights,_ is plural, it
seems to imply, that, on this alarm, several of his attendants came
with torches, and were present at the inquiry which immediately
follow...
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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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29, 30. As soon as he could collect his senses, he recollected that
the calm speaker who had called to him had been preaching salvation in
the name of the God of Israel; and he immediately perceived t...
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Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and
fell down before Paul and Silas,
THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, AND SPRANG IN, AND CAME TREMBLING, AND
FELL DOWN BEFORE PAUL AND SIL...
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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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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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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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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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THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT. — More accurately, _‘for lights._ As
St. Luke does not use, as in Acts 20:8, the word for “lamps,” it
is probable that the lights were torches, and that the gaoler, with
on...
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CHAPTER 12
ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA.
Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10
TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels.
He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, following...
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φῶτα : “lights,” R.V., plural, and only in plural in later
Greek, _cf._ 1Ma 12:29, of fires in a military encampment; “the
prisoners' chains were loosed, and worse chains were loosed from
himself; he...
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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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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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29._Being astonished, he fell down. _This keeper was no less brought
under with fear to show obedience to God than with the miracle
prepared. − (215) Hereby it appeareth what a good thing it is for...
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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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THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT,.... Or "lights"; he ordered his servants
to bring in some candles; the Syriac version renders it, "he lighted a
light for himself"; and the Ethiopic version, "he brought a...
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Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and
fell down before Paul and Silas,
Ver. 29. _And sprang in_] As John the Evangelist with like speed
sprang out of the bath, when Cerin...
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_Then he_, &c. The jailer, greatly terrified by the earthquake, and
astonished at Paul's discovering his purpose to kill himself; _called
for a light_ Greek, φωτα, _lights_, implying, it seems, that o...
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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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THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, RAN IN, AND FELL DOWN TREMBLING BEFORE
PAUL AND SILAS.
1. The jailer calls for a light. He wanted to see that all are still
in place.
2. He also wanted to see Paul and Si...
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"And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell
down before Paul and Silas"Called for lights" Torches, rags wrapped
around. stick and soaked in. flammable liquid. He calls out t...
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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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HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, or lights, which prisons are not usually
without. CAME TREMBLING: what a sudden and great change can God make!
he comes trembling to those feet which he had put into the stocks...
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29, 30. As soon as he could collect his senses, he recollected that
the calm speaker who had called to him had been preaching salvation in
the name of the God of Israel; and he immediately perceived t...
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Acts 16:29 Then G1161 called G154 (G5660) light G5457 in G1530 (G5656)
and G2532 down G4363 trembling...
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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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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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‘And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear,
fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out and said,
“Sirs (lords), what must I do to be saved?” '
The jailer immediately c...
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Acts 16:29. THEN HE CALLED FOR A LIGHT, AND SPRANG IN, AND CAME
TREMBLING, AND FELL DOWN BEFORE PAUL AND SILAS. The Greek has
_lights,_ not a light. The prison governor wished to examine
everything mi...
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TREMBLING FOR FEAR
(εντρομος γενομενος). "Becoming terrified." The
adjective εντρομος (in terror) occurs in N.T. only here and
Acts 7:32; Hebrews 12:21.FELL DOWN
(προσεπεσεν). Second aorist active...
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Acts 16:29
Note:
I. What a "manifold wisdom" is the wisdom of God! how infinitely
various are His ways in the work of the conversion of souls and the
bringing of sinners to Himself! One is never more...
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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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AND FELL TREMBLING. He is convinced they are under divine protection!
WHAT MUST I DO? Paul's answer to this question shows the jailer knew
they preached a new religion. BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS. This...
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_Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling._
THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER
I. The state of his mind before conversion.
1. He was a careless sinner. This appears not so much from his
offi...
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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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Acts 24:25; Acts 9:5; Acts 9:6; Daniel 6:26; Isaiah 60:14;...
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A light [φ ω τ α]. Rev., more correctly, lights. Several lamps, in
order to search everywhere.
Sprang in. See on ran in, ch. 14 14....
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As if the gaoler had said, "Sirs, now. see and acknowledge that the
doctrine taught by you is the truth of the eternal God; and he hath by
this miraculous earthquake testified to me, that you are his...