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Verse Acts 16:5. _AND SO WERE THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED_] The
disputations at Antioch, relative to circumcision, had no doubt spread
far and wide among other Churches, and unhinged many. The decrees of...
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ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH - Confirmed in the belief of the gospel The
effect of the wise and conciliatory measure was to increase and
strengthen the churches....
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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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ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS 16:5. SHORTER ACCOUNT OF PAUL'S JOURNEY IN ASIA
MINOR. The editor's hand is apparent throughout this section. We know
from Galatians 2:13 the real reason of Paul's difference with
B...
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Paul arrived at Derbe and Lystra and, look you, there was a disciple
there called Timothy. He was the son of a Jewish woman who was a
believer, but his father was Greek. The brethren in Lystra and Ico...
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A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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AND SO, &C. = The churches indeed therefore.
CHURCHES. App-186.
ESTABLISHED. Greek. _stereoo._ See note on Acts 3:7; Acts 14:22. A
medical word.
FAITH. App-150.
DAILY. Greek. _kath'_ (App-104.) _h...
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_established in the faith_ The verb is peculiar to the Acts, and is
used (Acts 3:7; Acts 3:16) of the strengthening of the limbs of the
lame man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple. So its employment...
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ἘΣΤΕΡΕΟΥ͂ΝΤΟ ΤΗ͂Ι ΠΊΣΤΕΙ, _were established in
the faith_. This verb is peculiar to the Acts, and is used (Acts 3:7;
Acts 3:16) of the strengthening of the limbs of the lame man at the
Beautiful Gate...
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Acts 16:1-12. PAUL REVISITS DERBE AND LYSTRA, CHOOSES TIMOTHY FOR A
COMPANION IN HIS MISSION, AND CIRCUMCISES HIM. THEY PASS THROUGH
PHRYGIA AND GALATIA, AND COME INTO MYSIA AND TO TROAS. BY A VISION...
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_THE BEGINNING OF PAUL'S ACQUAINTANCE WITH TIMOTHY ACTS 16:1-5:_ When
Paul traveled to Derbe and Lystra he met a disciple named Timotheus or
Timothy. Later Paul wrote two New Testament books to this g...
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THROUGH THE CITIES OF ICONIUM AND ANTIOCH. ACTS 16:4-5.
Acts 16:4
And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them
the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles an...
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See notes on verse 4...
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And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in
number daily.
AND SO WERE THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH, AND INCREASED IN
NUMBER (THAT IS, THE NUMBER OF THEIR MEMBERS) D...
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40 Silas was almost necessary as a companion for Paul. The decrees
provided that they should be delivered by both Barnabas and Paul,
while Judas and Silas were to confirm them by word of mouth. Now th...
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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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αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐκκ.: the last time ἐκκλησία is
used by St. Luke, except of the Jerusalem Church, and in the peculiar
case of the elders at Ephesus, Hort, _Ecclesia_, p. 95. Rendall,
_Appendix_, μὲν οὖν, p...
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GUIDED TO NEW FIELDS
Acts 16:1
Paul had a wonderful influence over young men. Timothy, Titus, and
Mark bore his impress. When circumcision was insisted upon, as in the
previous chapter, no one oppose...
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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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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
The stoning at Lystra might have discouraged some men from returning.
However, Luke told Theophilus that Paul and Barnabas went back through
the city as they were strengt...
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This proclamation of universal Gentile freedom from all burdens of
Jewish ritualism, gives a universal impetus to the gospel church
throughout the Gentile world.
PAUL'S CALL TO EUROPE
We Americans...
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Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was
there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess,
and believed; but his father was a Greek: (2) Which was well...
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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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5._The churches were confirmed. _By this we gather, that that which
Luke setteth down, or rather touched concerning the decrees of the
apostles, was, as it were, put in by the way, being not much
ap...
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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 SO WERE THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH,.... Of Christ, both
in the grace and doctrine of faith; and that both by the preaching of
the Gospel by the apostle and his companions, and by the de...
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And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in
number daily.
Ver. 5. _Established in the faith, and increased in number_] Some were
converted by their ministry, others confirmed....
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_And_ In order that peace might be secured among the brethren in these
parts, and no unnecessary burden might be imposed upon the Gentile
converts, through the arts of any Judaizing teachers; as Paul...
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Through Asia Minor to Troas:...
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AND SO 'WERE THE CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH, AND INCREASED IN
NUMBER DAILY....
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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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SO THE CHURCHES WERE STRENGTHENED IN THE FAITH, AND INCREASED IN
NUMBER DAILY.
1. When a problem is resolved - the church grows. The church grew:
1. After the problem of feeding widows in Acts 6:1-1...
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"So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in
number daily" Repeatedly in the book of Acts we see the importance of
helping new converts to grow and mature (Acts 14:22; Acts 15:32;...
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1-5 Well may the church look for much service from youthful ministers
who set out in the same spirit as Timothy. But when men will submit in
nothing, and oblige in nothing, the first elements of the...
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ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH; being rightly persuaded in the nature and
use of things indifferent; and, in general, of things necessary to be
believed. AND INCREASED IN NUMBER DAILY; so that this visitati...
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Acts 16:5 So G3303 G3767 churches G1577 strengthened G4732 (G5712)
faith G4102 and G2532 increased G4052 ...
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‘So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in
number daily.'
This section now closes with the usual summary section. As a result of
all these activities and decisions the churches...
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Acts 16:5. SO THE CHURCHES WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE FAITH. So
(οὖν), as a consequence of the mediating tendency of the decrees
of the Apostolic Council, a great bar to the acceptance of the gospel
by t...
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WERE STRENGTHENED
(εστερεουντο). Imperfect passive of στερεοω, old
verb to make firm and solid like the muscles (Acts 3:7; Acts 3:16),
these three the only examples in the N.T.INCREASED
(επερισσευ...
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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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AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE TOWNS. They delivered the message from the
Jerusalem church (Acts 15:23-29) to the churches [groups of believers]
in the towns along the way....
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_Him would Paul have to go forth with him._
USING NEW CONVERTS
It is good for young converts to be set at work; it is good for them.
It is good for every Church to set its young converts at work; it...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 16:1. DERBE AND LYSTRA (see Acts 14:6) are now visited by Paul
and Silas in reverse order to that followed in the first journey.
THERE meant Lystra, not Derbe, as has been wron...
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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 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1
Thessalonians 3:2;...
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Were established [ε σ τ ε ρ ε ο υ ν τ ο]. Rather, were
strengthened. Another word is used for established. See ch. Acts
14:22; Acts 14:32; Acts 14:41; Acts 18:23. There