Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 14:17
See notes one verse 14
See notes one verse 14
Verse Acts 14:17. _HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS_] Though he gave the Gentiles no revelation of his will, yet he continued to govern them by his gracious providence; doing them _good_ in genera...
NEVERTHELESS - Though he gave them no revelation. HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS - He gave demonstration of his existence and of his moral character. IN THAT HE DID GOOD - By doing good. The ma...
CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts 14:1)._ 2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7). 3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Act...
LYSTRA. Lystra, 25 miles SW. of Iconium, 10 miles off the trade route, in a secluded glen. Lystra and Derbe were the two cities of the Lycaonian region of Galatia; Roman influence was strong there, an...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
There was a man who sat in Lystra who had no power in his feet. He had been a cripple from his birth and he had never walked. He was in the habit of listening to Paul speaking. Paul fixed his gaze on...
NEVERTHELESS. And yet. LEFT. Greek. _aphiemi._ App-174. WITHOUT WITNESS. Greek. _amarturos._ Only here. IN THAT HE DID, &C. = doing good. Greek. _agathopoieo._ Here, Mark 3:4.Luke 6:9; Luke 6:33;...
_he left not himself without witness_ This is the same argument which the Apostle employs (Acts 17:27) to the more philosophic multitude whom he addressed on Mars" hill. God's natural teaching is mean...
CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS GODS....
ἈΓΑΘΟΥΓΩ͂Ν for ἀγαθοποιῶν with אABC. 17. ΟΥ̓Κ�, _He left not Himself without witness_. This is the same argument which the Apostle employs (Acts 17:27) to the more philosophic multitude whom he addres...
_PAUL AND BARNABAS IN LYSTRA ACTS 14:8-17:_ At Lystra the apostles healed a lame man. He had never walked. This miracle was very much like the one in Acts 3:1-26. The man listened to the preaching. As...
ΚΑΊΤΟΙ (G2543) однако, ΑΜΆΡΤΥΡΟΣ (G267) ничем не засвидетельствованный. О префиксе, который используется для отрицания значения слова, _см._ Moorhouse, 61ff. ΑΎΤΌΝ (G846) сам (Barrett), ΆΦΉΚΕΝ _aor...
HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS,— Though left to the heathen dispensation,theGentileswereculpablefortheir idolatry, and other abuses of the light afforded them, inasmuch as the works of creation a...
IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20. a. General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. NEVERTHELESS, [ kaitoige (G2544...
6 Lystra seems to be the first place Paul preached without first proclaiming to the Jews in the synagogue, for it seems that there were not enough Jews to have a place of worship. Hence this is the fi...
FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are wrought in confirmatio...
GAVE US RAIN] RV 'gave you rains.' There was great scarcity of water in Lycaonia, owing to a deficient rainfall....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM, 14:1-7 V1 What happened in Pisidian Antioch also happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the *synagogue...
HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS. — Here again we have the outline of what is afterwards expanded (Romans 1:19). In speaking to peasants like those at Lystra, St. Paul naturally dwells most on the...
καίτοιγε, see critical notes. If we read καίτοι the word is only found in the N.T. here and in Hebrews 4:3; used here as an adversative conjunction; see Simcox, _Language of the N. T._, p. 168, and fu...
ὃς : God working not only in creation, but in history, not only the source of life but the personal living Guide and Ruler of man, even in His tolerance far removed from the easy indifference of the g...
ESTABLISHING THE NEW BELIEVERS Acts 14:14-28 In Paul's address we have distinct anticipations of the early Chapter s of the Epistle to the Romans. How fickle a mob is! Now, enthusiastic loyalty; aga...
In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...
Idolatry Confronted at Lystra Paul and Barnabas next arrived at Lystra, some 18 miles to the east. There was apparently no synagogue there, but there was a man who had been crippled since birth and ha...
PAUL AND BARNABAS ARE TAKEN FOR GRECIAN GODS 11-18. All nations at the time of our Savior's advent were on tiptoe expecting a divine messenger from heaven to teach them the way of salvation. Hence the...
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. (12) And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;...
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...
_GOD’S GIFTS TO MEN_ ‘[God] left not Himself without witness, in that He did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.’ Acts 14:17 These w...
− 17.− _Notwithstanding, he did not suffer himself to be without witness. _Paul and Barnabas take from the Gentiles in this place the cloak [pretext] of ignorance. For how greatly soever men please th...
Their missionary labours continue in Iconium with the same opposition from the Jews who, incapable themselves of the work, stir up the Gentiles against those who are performing it. As long as it was o...
NEVERTHELESS, HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS,.... Of his kindness and goodness to them, during this long interval and period of time; for they had not the written law, yet they were not destitute...
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. Ver. 17. _He left not himself_] H...
_Then the priest of Jupiter_ Who was esteemed the tutelar deity of that place, and whose statue stood just without the gate; _brought oxen_, or _bulls_ rather, _and garlands_ To put on the victims; th...
WITNESS; evidences of his existence, power, and goodness....
The horrified speech of Paul:...
NEVERTHELESS HE LEFT NOT HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS, IN THAT HE DID GOOD, AND GAVE US RAIN FROM HEAVEN AND FRUITFUL SEASONS, FILLING OUR HEARTS WITH FOOD AND GLADNESS....
Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gosp...
NEVERTHELESS HE DID NOT LEAVE HIMSELF WITHOUT WITNESS, IN THAT HE DID GOOD, GAVE US RAIN FROM HEAVEN AND FRUITFUL SEASONS, FILLING OUR HEARTS WITH FOOD AND GLADNESS. " 1. God was still present with t...
"Yet He did not leave Himself without witness" God had been very active in history. Not only does the creation itself bear witness to God's existence (Psalms 19:1 ff; Romans 1:20), but God also had pr...
8-18 All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the domin...
These words are to prevent that cavil, Why does God yet complain? and inform them, that though God had not given them, nor their ancestors, his laws written in tables of stone, as he had given to the...
Acts 14:17 Nevertheless G2544 G2532 not G3756 leave G863 (G5656) Himself G1438 witness G267 good G15 ...
THE MINISTRY AT LYSTRA (14:8-20A). A description is now given of the rather colourful events that occurred during their ministry in Lystra. These are on top of the fact that they proclaimed the Good N...
These were not Jews. Nor were they people with a background in Judaism or philosophy. As they were revealing they were out and out idolaters and simple men. But Paul does not turn away from them. Rath...
Acts 14:17. AND GAVE US RAIN FROM HEAVEN. This mention of ‘rain from heaven' was an especial instance of Divine benevolence to the people of Lystra, as in the Lycaonian country water was so extremely...
AND YET (καιτο). Old Greek compound particle (κα το). In the N.T. twice only, once with finite verb as here, once with the participle (Hebrews 4:3).WITHOUT WITNESS (αμαρτυρον). Old adjective (α p...
CONTENTS: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupit...
Acts 14:1. _It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the jews._ St. Luke makes here a great leap, and is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This great...
THEY TORE THEIR CLOTHES. This was a symbol of grief, anger, and horror. Compare Matthew 26:65. WE ARE JUST MEN. This shows their complete commitment to _truth_! They would not permit themselves to be...
_Sirs, why do ye these things?_ APOSTOLIC SINCERITY In a position similar to that of Herod, they act in an opposite manner (Acts 12:22). And yet there was no small temptation in the matter. They migh...
_And it came to pass in Iconium._ ICONIUM A considerable city of Asia Minor, generally considered as belonging to Lycaonia. It lay in a fertile plain at the foot of Taurus, on the great line of commu...
_And there sat a certain man at Lystra._ PAUL AND BARNABAS IN LYSTRA I. The incident. 1. The case of the cripple resembles that of the man at the gate Beautiful; and a particular statement of it is...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:17 RAINS... AND FRUITFUL SEASONS. Paul tells them their regular harvests, the FOOD they eat every day, and the GLADNESS they experience in the ordinary activities of life
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:8 Lystra was populated mainly by Gentiles and had no synagogue. The ministry of Paul and Barnabas there centered around the healing of a lame man. ⇐...
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:8_ Paul and Barnabas at Lystra; or, the Gospel among Barbarians I. THE MIRACLE AT LYSTRA.— 1. The _subject_. “A certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his...
EXPOSITION ACTS 14:1 _Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and _for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found attending the s...
Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey. Th...
1 Kings 18:1; 1 Timothy 6:17; Acts 17:27; Acts 17:28; Deuteronomy 11
Rains. Jupiter was Lord of the air. He dispensed the thunder and lightning, the rain and the hail, the rivers and tempests. "All signs and portents whatever, that appear in the air, belong primarily t...
PREACHING BY THE WAY Acts 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open the 14th chapter of Acts, we find Paul and Barnabas still traveling together and entering into Iconium. It is our purpose today to cover...
He left not himself without witness — For the heathens had always from God himself a testimony both of his existence and of his providence; in that he did good — Even by punishments he testifies of hi...