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Verse 35. _AND THE MAGISTRATES SENT THE SERGEANTS_] The original
word, παβδουχους, means the _lictors_, persons who carried
before the consul the _fasces_, which was a hatchet, round the handle
of wh...
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AND WHEN IT WAS DAY ... - It is evident from the narrative that it was
not contemplated at first to release them so soon, Acts 16:22. But it
is not known what produced this change of purpose in the ma...
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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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RECKONING WITH THE MAGISTRATES. The legal proceedings are to go no
further. But Paul has two grievances to clear up with the magistrates
before he will leave the prison. The proceedings of the former...
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A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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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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SENT. Greek. _apostello._ App-174.
SERJEANTS. lictors. Greek. _rabdouchos._ See Acts 16:22. Only here and
Acts 16:38.
LET... GO. Release. Gr, _apoluo._ App-174....
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The magistrates would send them away, but Paul refuses to be thus
dismissed. He announces that they are Romans, and the magistrates in
fear beseech them to depart. They take leave of Lydia and the bre...
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ΤΟῪΣ ῬΑΒΔΟΎΧΟΥΣ, _the serjeants_. Literally,
‘rodbearers.’ These were the lictors, that attended on the
prætors (duumviri, στρατηγοί), probably the same persons who
on the previous day had scourged Pa...
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THE MAGISTRATES WOULD SEND THEM AWAY, BUT PAUL REFUSES TO BE THUS
DISMISSED. HE ANNOUNCES THAT THEY ARE ROMANS, AND THE MAGISTRATES IN
FEAR BESEECH THEM TO DEPART. THEY TAKE LEAVE OF LYDIA AND THE BRE...
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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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ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part.(temp.), см._ Acts 16:16.
_Gen. abs._
ΑΠΈΣΤΕΙΛΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G649)
посылать.
ΡΑΒΔΟΎΧΟΣ (G4465) ликтор, носитель жезла.
Это были помощники магистра...
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THE MAGISTRATES SENT— The magistrates who had ordered Paul and Silas
to be scourged and imprisoned without a legal trial, or any crime
proved against them, seem to have had a more disturbed night than...
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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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35, 36. When the magistrates gave orders for the imprisonment of Paul
and Silas, it would naturally be supposed that they intended to make
some further inquiry into the charges preferred against them....
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And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let
those men go.
AND WHEN IT WAS DAY, THE MAGISTRATES SENT THE SERJEANTS, [ tous
(G3588) rabdouchous (G4465)] - 'rod-bearers;' 'li...
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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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16:35 praetors (a-7) The magistrates of colonies. so vers. 36, 38.
lictors, (b-10) Attendants on the praetors....
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According to D, the motive of St. Paul's release was alarm at the
earthquake. THE SERJEANTS] Gk. 'the lictors,' officers who attended
the magistrates, carrying axes and rods, symbols of the power to
p...
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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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THE MAGISTRATES SENT THE SERJEANTS. — Literally, _the rod-bearers,_
or _lictors._ They would probably be the very officers who had
inflicted the stripes. We are not told what led to this sudden change...
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ἀπέσ. οἱ στρατηγοὶ : we are not told the reason of
this sudden change in the action of the prætors, and no doubt the
omission may fairly account for the reading in, see critical notes. At
the same tim...
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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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Paul's Refusal to Depart Secretly
The next morning, the magistrates sent to the prison to quietly
release Paul and Silas. The apostle refused to go quietly, likely
because he wanted the authorities to...
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(19) And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying,
Let those men go.
(19) Shame and confusion is in due time the reward of wicked and
unjust magistrates....
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_Sent the serjeants, [2] vergers, or such like officers. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Lictores, _Greek: rabduchous, vergers, rod-bearers._...
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And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let
those men go. (36) And the keeper of the prison told this saying to
Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore de...
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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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35._When it was day. _The question is, how it came to pass that the
judges did so suddenly change their purpose? The day before they had
commanded that Paul and Silas should be bound with fetters, a...
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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 WHEN IT WAS DAY,.... In one copy Beza says, these words are added,
"the magistrates came together in one place in the court, and
remembering the earthquake that was made, they were afraid, and se...
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And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let
those men go.
Ver. 35. _The magistrates sent_] In one ancient Greek copy there is
this addition, "And when it was day, the magistr...
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_When it was day, the magistrates_ Or pretors, being terrified,
probably, by the earthquake, which had been felt all over the city,
and having been informed of the miraculous opening of the
prison-doo...
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SERGEANTS; the lictors who attended on the magistrates, and executed
their commands....
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AND WHEN IT WAS DAY, THE MAGISTRATES SENT THE SERGEANTS, SAYING, LET
THOSE MEN GO....
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The release of the prisoners:...
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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 WHEN IT WAS DAY, THE MAGISTRATES SENT THE OFFICERS, SAYING, " LET
THOSE MEN GO. "
1. Some time later, the sun begins to rise on a new day.
2. The city rulers have decided to release Paul and Sil...
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"But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let
those men go"Sergeants" "Lit., those who hold the rod. The Roman
lictors. They had to inflict the punishment on the condemned" (Vi...
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35-40 Paul, though willing to suffer for the cause of Christ, and
without any desire to avenge himself, did not choose to depart under
the charge of having deserved wrongful punishment, and therefore...
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THE SERJEANTS; their messengers, or officers, which did carry a mace,
or a rod, from whence they had their name. SAYING, LET THOSE MEN GO;
probably being terrified with the earthquake, which if it had...
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35, 36. When the magistrates gave orders for the imprisonment of Paul
and Silas, it would naturally be supposed that they intended to make
some further inquiry into the charges preferred against them....
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Acts 16:35 And G1161 was G1096 (G5637) day G2250 magistrates G4755
sent G649 (G5656) officers G4465 saying...
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‘But when it was day, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying,
“Let those men go.” '
Next day the lictors were sent by the magistrates with instructions
that the two might go free. It was no doubt r...
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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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Acts 16:35. AND WHEN IT WAS DAY, THE MAGISTRATES SENT THE SERJEANTS,
SAYING, LET THOSE MEN GO. There is but little doubt that, subsequently
to the tumultuous condemnation of Paul and Silas, the magist...
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THE SERJEANTS
(τους ραβδουχους). Fasces-bearers, regular Greek word
(ραβδοσ, εχω) for Latin _lictores_ though Cicero says that
they should carry _baculi_, not _fasces_. Was this message because of
t...
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SERJEANTS
(Greek, "rhabdouchos")....
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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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THE ROMAN AUTHORITIES. It may have been fear of the earthquake, or
"second-thoughts" about their cruel treatment of "holy men" which
influenced them to order the release. BUT PAUL SAID. Roman law said...
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_And they spake unto him the Word of the Lord, and to all that were in
his house._
HOUSEHOLD SALVATION
It sometimes happens that a good man has to go alone to heaven:
God’s election has separated him...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in
which Paul witnessed.
⇐ ⇔...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:35 LET THOSE MEN GO. Why the magistrates
decided to release the two prisoners is not stated.
⇐...
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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 4:21; Acts 5:40; Jeremiah 5:22; Psalms 76:10...
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Serjeants [ρ α β δ ο υ χ ο υ ς]. Lit., those who hold the
rod. The Roman lictors. They were the attendants of the chief Roman
magistrates.
"Ho, trumpets, sound a war - note! Ho, lictors, clear the wa...
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The pretors sent — Being probably terrified by the earthquake;
saying, Let those men go — How different from the charge given a few
hours before! And how great an ease of mind to the jailer!...
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Observe here, 1. The willingness of the magistrates to release those
innocent prisoners, the holy apostles, and what might be the probable
occasion of it; namely,
1. The terror of the earthquake, whi...