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AND THE MULTITUDE ... - It is evident that this was done in a popular
tumult, and without even the form of law. Of this Paul afterward
justly complained, as it was a violation of the privileges of a R...
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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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A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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When we were on our way to the place of prayer.. it happened that a
certain slave-girl who had a spirit which made her able to give
oracles met us. By her soothsaying she provided much gain for her
ow...
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MULTITUDE. crowd. Greek. _ochlos._
ROSE UP TOGETHER. Greek. _sunephistemi._ Only here.
AGAINST. Greek. _kata._ App-104.
RENT OFF. Greek. _perirregnumi._ Only here.
BEAT THEM. beat them with rods. G...
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_the multitude rose up together_ i.e. together with the aggrieved
proprietors of the damsel.
_the magistrates rent off their clothes_ i.e. the clothes of Paul and
Silas, as is clear from the Greek ve...
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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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ΚΑῚ ΣΥΝΕΠΈΣΤΗ Ὁ ὌΧΛΟΣ, _and the multitude rose up
together_, i.e. along with the aggrieved proprietors of the damsel.
ΠΕΡΙΡΉΞΑΝΤΕΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν ΤᾺ ἹΜΆΤΙΑ, _rent
their_ (i.e. Paul and Silas’s) _clothes off...
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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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ΣΥΝΕΠΈΣΤΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΕΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ
(G4911) подниматься вместе,
присоединяться к атаке (BAGD). Толпа,
кажется, действует организованно, для
наблюдающих и участвующих партий не
было необычным соб...
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THE MAGISTRATES RENT OFF THEIR CLOTHES,— This was the Roman method
of proceeding in such cases, and it was also practised among the Jews.
The latter part of this verse might be rendered more clearly 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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22-24. (22) "_And the multitude rose up against them, and the
magistrates, having torn off their garments, commanded to beat them
with rods._ (23) _And having laid many stripes upon them, they cast
th...
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And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates
rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
AND THE MULTITUDE ROSE UP TOGETHER AGAINST THEM. So Acts 19:28; Acts
19:34;...
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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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16:22 praetors, (c-11) The magistrates of colonies. so vers. 36,38.
too (d-6) Or 'with [them]' -- that is, with her masters....
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Paul and Silas probably protested that they were Romans, but in the
tumult their protest passed unheeded....
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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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COMMANDED TO BEAT THEM. — The Greek verb gives the special Roman
form of punishment, that of being beaten with the rods of the lictors.
This, therefore, takes its place as one of the three instances t...
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συνεπέστη : only here in N.T., _cf._ Acts 18:12, not in LXX,
but _cf._ Numbers 16:3, used in classical Greek, but not in same
sense. No reason is given, but the ὄχλος would have been easily
swayed by...
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WELCOMED; ATTESTED; IMPRISONED
Acts 16:14
This was an epoch-making moment, but how quietly it is recorded. There
was no heralding of the gospel which was to transform Europe. The need
for it was uns...
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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 and Silas Imprisoned
Luke reported that the group went for prayer, possibly daily. A slave
girl who was demon possessed followed them crying out, "These men are
the servants of the Most High God,...
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(14) And the multitude rose up together against them: and the
magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them].
(14) An example of evil magistrates, to obey the fury and rage of the
p...
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After the demon has evacuated the damsel, she has no more power to
tell fortunes and practice divination than any other person.
Consequently, her owners, seeing that they can get no more money for
her...
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And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they
caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the
rulers, (20) And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These...
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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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22._The multitude came together. _When Luke declareth that there was
great encourses of the people made, after that a few men of no
reputation, to wit, such as did juggle and cozen to get gain, and...
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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 THE MULTITUDE ROSE UP TOGETHER AGAINST THEM,.... The crowd of
people that were gathered together in the court on this occasion;
being no doubt spirited up by the proprietors of the maid, out of wh...
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And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates
rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat _them_.
Ver. 22. _Rent off their clothes_] _i.e._ the apostles' clothes.
_ And comm...
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_And the multitude rose up against them_ Excited and inflamed by these
accusations; _and the magistrates_ Or the pretors; _rent off their
clothes_ That is, the clothes of Paul and Silas; for such was...
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Paul and Silas imprisoned:...
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AND THE MULTITUDE ROSE UP TOGETHER AGAINST THEM; AND THE MAGISTRATES
RENT OFF THEIR CLOTHES, AND COMMANDED TO BEAT THEM....
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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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THEN THE MULTITUDE ROSE UP TOGETHER AGAINST THEM; AND THE MAGISTRATES
TORE OFF THEIR CLOTHES AND COMMANDED _THEM_ TO BE BEATEN WITH RODS.
1. Now the rest of the population become involved.
2. The ma...
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"And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates
rent their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods"
The crowd demands. verdict. The people in the marketplace very...
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16-24 Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most
important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much
mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false
p...
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THE MULTITUDE; generality and unanimity alone cannot authorize
opinions or practices. RENT OFF THEIR CLOTHES; Paul's and Silas's
clothes, to disgrace them the more, or in order unto their being
scourg...
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22-24. (22) "_ And the multitude rose up against them, and the
magistrates, having torn off their garments, commanded to beat them
with rods._ (23) _And having laid many stripes upon them, they cast
t...
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Acts 16:22 Then G2532 multitude G3793 together G4911 (G5627) against
G2596 them G846 and G2532 magistrates G4755 off...
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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 the multitude rose up together against them, and the
magistrates tore their clothes off them, and commanded to beat them
with rods.'
These men clearly took pains to incite the crowds in the marke...
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Acts 16:22. AND THE MULTITUDE ROSE UP AGAINST THEM. The citizens and
dwellers in that proud and exclusive Roman garrison town of Philippi
as usual were at once roused by such an accusation.
The origi...
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ROSE UP TOGETHER
(συνεπεστη). Second aorist (ingressive) active of the double
compound συνεφιστημ, intransitive, old verb, but only here
in the N.T. (cf. κατεπεστησαν in Acts 18:12). There was no
ac...
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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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THEY GRABBED PAUL AND SILAS. Nothing angers men more than seeing their
greed defeated. THESE MEN ARE JEWS. That fact alone would incriminate
them. Compare Acts 18:2_ and note._ TORE THE CLOTHES OFF. I...
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_A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination._
THE PYTHONESS
The words, literally, are as in the margin, a spirit of Python, or, as
some MSS. give it, a Python spirit. The Python was the s...
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_And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone._
APOSTOLIC DUTY AND VICISSITUDES
I. Christ’s servants will use whatever power they possess to set the
slaves of Satan free. Paul did n...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:22 GAVE ORDERS TO BEAT THEM WITH RODS.
Magistrates in Roman cities had attendants who carried bundles of
wooden rods bound together. These symbolized the magistrates’
authority an...
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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 Peter 2:24; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Corinthians
6:5;...
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Rent off their clothes [π ε ρ ι ρ ρ η ξ α ν τ ε ς]. Only
here in New Testament. By the usual formula of command to the lictors
: Go, lictors; strip off their garments; let them be scourged!
To beat ...