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ACTS 16:36-38
Leaving nothing to the imagination of the reader, in ver. Acts 16:36
codex Bezae reads kai. eivselqw.n o` desmofu,lax avph,ggeilen, while
syrp, still more circumstantial, reads...
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Verse 37. _THEY HAVE BEATEN US OPENLY - BEING ROMANS_] St. Paul well
knew the Roman laws; and on their violation by the magistrates he
_pleads_. The _Valerian_ law forbade any Roman citizen to be _bo...
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THEY HAVE BEATEN US OPENLY UNCONDEMNED - There are three aggravating
circumstances mentioned, of which Paul complains:
(1) That they had been beaten contrary to the Roman laws.
(2) That it had been...
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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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UNTO. Same as "to" in Acts 16:36.
BEATEN. Greek. _dero,_ as in Acts 5:40.
OPENLY. publicly. Greek. _demosia._ See note on Acts 5:18.
UNCONDEMNED. without investigation. Greek. _akatakritos._ Only
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_But Paul said unto them_ i.e. to the lictors, through the jailor. It
is highly probable that the conversation of the Roman officers would
be in Latin, and that the proceedings of the previous day may...
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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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Ὁ ΔῈ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ ἜΦΗ ΠΡῸΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ, _but Paul
said unto them_, i.e. to the lictors, through the jailor. It is highly
probable that the conversation of the Roman officers would be in
Latin, and that the pro...
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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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THEY HAVE BEATEN UP, &C.— The magistrates, in their treatment of
Paul and Silas, had violated no less than three laws: First, in
punishing them without a trial, which was not only an infringement of
t...
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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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37-39. To be thus released from prison, as though they had simply
suffered the penalty due them, would be a suspicious circumstance to
follow the missionaries to other cities; and, fortunately, the me...
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But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned,
being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us
out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch...
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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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BEING ROMANS] i.e. Roman citizens. In his speech against Verres Cicero
says: 'to fetter a Roman citizen is a crime, to scourge him a scandal,
to slay him parricide.' Roman citizenship could be acquire...
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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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THEY HAVE BEATEN US OPENLY UNCONDEMNED, BEING ROMANS. — By the Lex
Porcia (B.C. 247), Roman citizens were exempted from degrading
punishment, such as that of scourging. It was the heaviest of all the...
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Δείραντες ἡμᾶς δ.: in flagrant violation of the Lex
Valeria, B.C. 500, and the Lex Porcia B.C. 248; see also Cicero, _In
Verrem_, v., 57, 66, it was the weightiest charge brought by Cicero
against Ver...
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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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(20) But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned,
being Romans, and have cast [us] into prison; and now do they thrust
us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and...
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Romans. St. Paul inherited his right of citizenship from his father;
it does not appear how Silas obtained it, perhaps by purchase. There
is no proof that Silas was a freeman of Rome. (Denis the Carth...
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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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38._They were afraid, because they were Romans. _They are not once
moved with the other point, because they had handled innocents cruelly
without discretion; − (234) and yet that was the greater rep...
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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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BUT PAUL SAID UNTO THEM,.... The sergeants, who were present when the
jailer reported to Paul the message they came with from the
magistrates; though the Syriac version reads in the singular number,
...
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But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being
Romans, and have cast _us_ into prison; and now do they thrust us out
privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch...
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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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BEING ROMANS; having a right to the privileges of Roman citizens, whom
it was unlawful thus to scourge and imprison.
LET THEM COME; this would be a public acknowledgment by the
magistrates that they h...
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The release of the prisoners:...
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BUT PAUL SAID UNTO THEM, THEY HAVE BEATEN US OPENLY UNCONDEMNED, BEING
ROMANS, AND HAVE CAST US INTO PRISON; AND NOW DO THEY THRUST US OUT
PRIVILY? NAY, VERILY; BUT LET THEM COME THEMSELVES AND FETCH...
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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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BUT PAUL SAID TO THEM, " THEY HAVE BEATEN US OPENLY, UNCONDEMNED
ROMANS, _AND_ HAVE THROWN _US_ INTO PRISON. AND NOW DO THEY PUT US OUT
SECRETLY? NO INDEED! LET THEM COME THEMSELVES AND GET US OUT. ...
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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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PAUL SAID UNTO THEM, the officers who were sent to the prison with the
message about their liberty. THEY HAVE BEATEN US; the magistrates, who
commanded them to be beaten, are justly charged with the b...
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37-39. To be thus released from prison, as though they had simply
suffered the penalty due them, would be a suspicious circumstance to
follow the missionaries to other cities; and, fortunately, the me...
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Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV
What can I here deplore in so great a crime? or in what words can I
lament such great wickedness? For we are not relating the crucifixion
of Gavius,[248]...
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Acts 16:37 But G1161 Paul G3972 said G5346 (G5713) to G4314 them G846
beaten G1194 (G5660) us...
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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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‘But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly,
uncondemned, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do
they now cast us out privily? No, truly, but let them come themselves
and b...
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Acts 16:37. BEING ROMANS. On the citizenship of Paul, see the note on
chap. Acts 22:25, where the question is fully discussed. It is
observable that Paul, who five times (2 Corinthians 11:24) submitte...
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UNTO THEM
(προς αυτους). The lictors by the jailor. The reply of Paul
is a marvel of brevity and energy, almost every word has a separate
indictment showing the utter illegality of the whole procee...
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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 16:37 DO THEY NOW THROW US OUT SECRETLY? NO! Paul
insisted on being publicly cleared of the charges so the people of
Philippi would not continue to believe that he was a troublemaker...
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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 16:20; Acts 22:25; Daniel 3:25; Daniel 3:26; Daniel 6:18;...
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They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans.
Hackett remarks that "almost every word in this reply contains a
distinct allegation. It would be difficult to find or frame a sentence...
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They have beaten us publicly, being Romans — St. Paul does not
always plead this privilege. But in a country where they were entire
strangers, such treatment might have brought upon them a suspicion o...