well reported of The same expression is used of Cornelius (Acts 10:22) and by Paul of Ananias (Acts 22:12).

by the brethren i.e. the members of the Christian churches. Five or six years had elapsed since the previous visit of St Paul, so that the congregations had become somewhat formed, and the characters of their more earnest members well known.

at Lystra and Iconium Thus we can see that there was an interchange of kindly offices between the newly-founded churches.

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