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ACTS 16:30 e;xw
The Western text adds the detail that the jailer “secured the
rest” of the prisoners before he addressed Paul and Silas (after
e;xw D syrh with * read tou.j loipou.j avsfalisa,menoj)....
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Verse 30. _BROUGHT THEM OUT_] Of the dungeon in which they were
confined.
_WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?_] Whether this regard personal or
eternal safety, it is a question the most interesting to man....
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AND BROUGHT THEM OUT - From the prison.
SIRS - Greek: κύριοι kurioi, lords - an address of respect; a
title usually given to masters or owners of slaves.
WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? - Never was a mo...
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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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OUT. outside. Greek. _exo._
SIRS. Greek. _kurios._ Compare App-98. Same as "masters" (Acts 16:16).
TO BE. in order that (Greek. _hina)_. may be. This man was under deep
conviction of sin, "shaken to...
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_and brought them out_ There could be no fear that they would flee now
who had remained when the open doors made flight easy.
_and said. Sirs_ The Greek word Κύριοι implies an acknowledgment
of great...
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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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ΚΑῚ ΠΡΟΑΓΑΓῺΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ, _and having brought them
out_. For there could be no fear that they would flee now who had
remained when the open doors made escape easy.
ΚΎΡΙΟΙ, _Sirs_, literally, ‘Lords.’ He...
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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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ΠΡΟΑΓΑΓΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΡΟΆΓΩ (G4254)
вести вперед, выводить,
ΈΦ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΦΗΜΊ (G5346) говорить,
ΚΎΡΙΟΙ _voc. pl._ от ΚΎΡΙΟΣ (G2962) господин.
Вежливое обращение,
ΔΕΙ (G1...
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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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See notes on verse 29...
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And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
AND BROUGHT THEM OUT, AND SAID. How graphic this rapid succession of
minute details, evidently from the parties themselves-the pri...
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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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WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?] The gaoler, to have asked such a
question, must have been a hearer of Paul and Barnabas, and have been
impressed by their teaching. The strange events of the night and the...
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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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SIRS, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? — The use of “Sirs” differs
from that of Acts 7:26 in having a Greek word, expressive of respect
(that used in John 20:15), corresponding to it. We ask what the gaole...
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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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Κύριοι, in respect, _cf._ John 20:15. ἵνα σωθῶ; the
word of the maiden σωτηρία and the occurrence of the night may
well have prompted the question. The context, Acts 16:31, seems to
indicate the highe...
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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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_THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER_
‘What must I do to be saved?’
Acts 16:30
The work at Philippi went on successfully. It commenced at a
prayer-meeting. It went on quietly. It seemed as if nothing could be
be...
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30._Sirs, what must I do? _He doth so ask counsel, that he showeth
therewith that he will be obedient. By this we see that he was
thoroughly − (219) touched, so that he was ready to do what they
sho...
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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 BROUGHT THEM OUT,.... Of the inner prison, to some part of the
prison that was more free and open:
AND SAID, SIRS, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? he treats them with great
reverence now, and address...
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And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Ver. 30. _What must I do to be saved?_] A reverend divine said once to
a poor soul, that told him he was troubled about his salvation...
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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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TO BE SAVED; from sin, and the wrath of a justly offended God. To a
convicted sinner, the most important of all things is salvation from
sin and hell. To obtain it, he must do something; and the busin...
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AND BROUGHT THEM OUT, AND SAID, SIRS, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?...
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The conversion of the jailer:...
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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 HE BROUGHT THEM OUT AND SAID, " SIRS, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
"
1. "What must I do to be saved?" - The question is vital for all men.
2. Notice what Paul and Silas did NOT say:
1. They did...
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"and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must. do to be saved?"
Since his physical life was not in any danger (all the prisoners were
still secure in their cells), the question being asked by the ja...
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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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BROUGHT THEM OUT, into his own apartment in the prison, or to some
more open and free place. SIRS; a term of respect given by the Romans
and Grecians to such whom they honoured, as now the jailer did...
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Acts 16:30 And G2532 brought G4254 (G5631) them G846 out G1854 said
G5346 (G5713) Sirs G2962 what...
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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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‘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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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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Acts 16:30. AND BROUGHT THEM OUT, AND SAID. From the inner prison
where they were confined, probably into the court of the prison, and
there he asked that celebrated question which has formed the text...
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BROUGHT THEM OUT
(προγαγων αυτους εξω). Second aorist active
participle of προαγω, to lead forward. He left the other
prisoners inside, feeling that he had to deal with these men whom he
had eviden...
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SAVED
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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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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_What must I do to be saved?_
…Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.
THE GREAT QUESTION AND THE PLAIN ANSWER
The keeper of a Macedonian gaol was not likely to be a very nervous o...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:30 WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? The jailer’s
question most likely refers to being saved from God’s judgment,
which he would have heard about through listening to his prisoners’
pra...
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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 14:15; Acts 16:17; Acts 16:24; Acts 2:37; Acts 22:10;...