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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 38. _THEY FEARED WHEN THEY HEARD - THEY WERE ROMANS._] They
feared, because the Roman law was so constituted that an insult
offered to a citizen was deemed an insult to the whole Roman people....
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THEY FEARED WHEN THEY HEARD ... - They were apprehensive of punishment
for having imprisoned them in violation of the laws of the empire. To
punish unjustly a Roman citizen was deemed an offence to th...
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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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'WORDS. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32.
FEARED. were alarmed. Compare Acts 22:29. They had violated the Roman
law by which no Roman citizen could be scourged, or put to death, by
any provincial...
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_and they feared_ Because each Roman citizen had the right of appeal
to the Emperor, and the penalty for outraging the rights of such a man
was severe....
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ἘΦΟΒΉΘΗΣΑΝ ΔΈ, _and they were afraid_, because a Roman
citizen had a right of appeal to the emperor, and outrage on such a
man was visited with severe penalties.
ῬΩΜΑΙ͂ΟΊ ΕἸΣΙΝ, _they are Romans_. Th...
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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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ΈΦΟΒΉΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΟΟΒΈΟΜΑΙ
(G5399) пугаться. Inch, _aor._, "они испугались"
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191)
слышать....
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AND THE SERJEANTS, &C.— St. Paul seems, in his own conduct here, to
have had a regard to the honour and interests of Christianity in this
place, as well as to their own civil rights as men and Romans;...
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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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See notes on verse 37...
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And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they
feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
AND THE SERJEANTS TOLD THESE WORDS UNTO THE MAGISTRATES: AND THEY
FEARED, WHEN THEY...
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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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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 FEARED, WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THEY WERE ROMANS. — It is clear
that the _strategi_ did not consider their ignorance of St. Paul’s
citizenship a sufficient defence. They had acted illegally, and the...
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ἀνήγγειλαν, see critical notes. ἐφοβήθησαν, so
the chief captain, Acts 22:29; and no wonder, for the illegal
punishment of Roman citizens was a serious offence. If convicted, the
magistrates would hav...
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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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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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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 SERGEANTS TOLD THESE WORDS UNTO THE MAGISTRATES,.... They
returned to them, and acquainted them with what the prisoners said:
AND THEY FEARED WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THEY WERE ROMANS; they were...
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And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they
feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
Ver. 38. _And they feared when they heard, &c._] Their sin troubled
them not, but thei...
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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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AND THE SERGEANTS TOLD THESE WORDS UNTO THE MAGISTRATES; AND THEY
FEARED WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THEY WERE ROMANS....
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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 THE OFFICERS TOLD THESE WORDS TO THE MAGISTRATES, AND THEY WERE
AFRAID WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THEY WERE ROMANS.
1. Learning that Paul was a Roman citizen was a shock.
2. They were afraid of the re...
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"And the sergeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they
feared when they heard that they were Romans" They feared because they
had been guilty of doing something illegal. "The colonists...
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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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For the Romans (under whom these magistrates were) made it by their
laws to be treason thus to abuse any of their citizens. God overruled
their fear of man for the deliverance of his servants....
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Acts 16:38 And G1161 officers G4465 told G312 (G5656) these G5023
words G4487 magistrates G4755 and G2532 afraid...
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‘And the lictors reported these words to the magistrates, and they
were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, and they came and
besought them, and when they had brought them out, they asked th...
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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 16:38. AND THE SERJEANTS. Here, as in Acts 16:35, literally,
rod-bearers, lictors, officials who attended upon the magistrates and
carried out their orders. In a ‘colony' these officers carried
s...
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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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_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 22:29; Matthew 14:5; Matthew 21:46...
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Observe here, 1. What an awe God has over the consciences of men in
general, and of magistrates in particular: they stoop to their
prisoners, and beseech them to come out of prison, and to depart from...