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Verse 31. _BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS_] Receive the religion of Christ,
which we preach, and let thy household also receive it, and ye shall
be all placed in the sure way to final salvation....
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BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST - This was a simple, a plain, and an
effectual direction. They did not direct him to use the means of
grace, to pray, or to continue to seek for salvation. They did no...
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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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BELIEVE. Greek. _pisteuo._ App-150.
CHRIST. The texts omit. Compare Matthew 1:21.
THY HOUSE: i.e. on the same condition of faith....
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_Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ_ The oldest authorities omit
_Christ_. The word would not have the same significance for a Gentile
as for a Jew, and may well have been omitted in the address to the...
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Χριστόν omitted with אAB. Unrepresented in _Vulg_.
31. ΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΟΝ ἘΠῚ ΤῸΝ ΚΎΡΙΟΝ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Ν,
_believe on the Lord Jesus_. The word Χριστὸς which is
inserted here in the _Text. recept_. would not have the...
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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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ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить,
ΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100)
верить, начинать верить или доверять
кому-л. _Aor. imper._ призывает к
специфическому действию с оттен...
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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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AND THEY SAID, BELIEVE, &C.— "Humbly trust in, and fully commit
thyself to the protection of that great and only Saviour whom we
preach, _and thou and thine house_ will be brought into the sure way
to...
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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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31, 32. Leading the brethren into his family apartment, he received a
full and satisfactory answer to his question. (31) "_They said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your...
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And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.
AND THEY SAID, BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. [Lachmann and
Tischendorf omit Christon (G5547) from their...
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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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16:31 on (f-5) See Note, ch. 9.42....
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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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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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AND THEY SAID, BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS Christ. — The plural
pronoun is not without significance. St. Paul was not the only
teacher. Silvanus also took part in the work of conversion. The words
have...
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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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ἐπὶ τὸν Κ.: “non agnoscunt se _dominos_ ” Bengel they
point him to the One Lord. οἶκος … οἰκίᾳ : the first
word is most frequently used in Attic Greek, and in the N.T. for
household, _cf._ Acts 16:15,...
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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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_PAUL’S ADVICE TO THE JAILER_
‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt he saved, and thy
house.’
Acts 16:31
Some assert that this heathen jailer could know nothing about
salvation through...
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31._Believe in the Lord Jesus. _This is but a short, and, to look to,
a cold and hungry definition of salvation, and yet it is perfect to
believe in Christ. For Christ alone hath all the parts of bl...
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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 THEY SAID, BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,.... Not with a bare
historical faith, as only to believe that he was the Son of God, and
the Messiah, and that he was come in the flesh, and had suffer...
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And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.
Ver. 31. _Believe on the Lord Jesus_] This is the condition on our
part required; or rather a stipulation that...
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_And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ_ Whom it is our
office to preach as the great and only Saviour; and confide wholly in
him for salvation; loving, obeying, and living to his glory. As P...
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THY HOUSE; thy family....
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AND THEY SAID, BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THOU SHALT BE
SAVED AND THY HOUSE....
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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 they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved,
thou and thy house"Believe on the Lord Jesus" Unfortunately many
people stop right here and assume that one is saved at the moment 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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BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; this is the sum of the gospel.
Christ, apprehended by faith, serves for wisdom, _righteousness,
sanctification, and redemption, _ as 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30. But then this...
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31, 32. Leading the brethren into his family apartment, he received a
full and satisfactory answer to his question. (31) "_ They said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and you...
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Acts 16:31 So G1161 said G2036 (G5627) Believe G4100 (G5657) on G1909
Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ...
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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 they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved,
you and your house.” '
The reply came back immediately. Paul and Silas declared to him that
the way in which both he and his house co...
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Acts 16:31. AND THEY SAID, BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THOU
SHALT BE SAVED, AND THY HOUSE. The question of the jailor evidently
implies that he was acquainted in some measure with the genera...
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TO BE SAVED
(ινα σωθω). Final clause with ινα and first aorist passive
subjunctive. What did he mean by "saved"? Certainly more than escape
from peril about the prisoners or because of the earthqua...
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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 16:31 For belief in Christ as the key to
salvation, see Acts 10:43; John 3:16;...
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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 John 5:10; Acts 11:13; Acts 11:14; Acts 13:38; Acts 13:39;...
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Thou shalt be saved and thy household — If ye believe. They did so,
and were saved....