Acts 16:1

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

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WEBBE

He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek.

BSB

Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

KJV

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

ASV

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek.

BBE

And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;

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Κατήντησεν Katēntēsen He came G2658 δὲ de then G1161 καὶ kai both G2532 εἰς eis to G1519 Δέρβην Derbēn Derbe G1191 καὶ kai and G2532 εἰς eis to G1519 Λύστραν Lustran Lystra G3082 καὶ kai And G2532 ἰδοὺ idou behold G2400 μαθητής mathētēs a disciple G3101 τις tis certain G5100 ἦν ēn was G1510 ἐκεῖ ekei there G1563 ὀνόματι onomati named G3686 Τιμόθεος Timotheos Timothy G5095 υἱὸς huios [the] son G5207 γυναικὸς gunaikos of a woman G1135 τινος tinos certain G5100 Ἰουδαίας Ioudaias Jewish G2453 πιστῆς pistēs believing G4103 πατρὸς patros father G3962 δὲ de however G1161 Ἕλληνος Hellēnos a Greek G1672

The early church

"And, behold a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium." Great was the grace of Timothy. When Barnabas departed, he finds another, equivalent to him. Of him he saith, "Remembering thy tears and thy unfeigned faith, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice." His father continued to be a Gentile, and therefore it was that (Timothy) was not circumcised. Observe the Law already broken.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 Christian temper seem to be wanting; and there is great reason to believe that the doctrines and precepts of the gospel will not be successfully taught. The design of the decree being to set aside the ceremonial law, and its carnal ordinances, believers were confirmed in the Christian faith, because it set up a spiritual way of serving God, as suited to the nature both of God and man. Thus the church increased in numbers daily.

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Cross-references

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People & places

Timotheus LystraDerbe

Topics

Minister, ChristianFaithPaulTimothyGreeceDerbeLystraLycaoniaEunice

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.