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Acts 16:1 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verse 1
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:Acts 16:1 · King James Version
Acts 16:1 in context
1Then 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:
2Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
3Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- TimotheustimotheosTimothy = " honouring God" , a resident of Lystra, apparently, whose father was a…G5095 →
- disciplemathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- LystralystraLystra = " ransoming" , a city in the eastern part of the great plain of LycaoniaG3082 →
- beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- JewessioudaiosJewish, belonging to the Jewish nation, Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religionG2453 →
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Paul was a spiritual father, and as such a one we have him here adopting Timothy, and taking care of the education of many others who had been begotten to Christ by his ministry: and in all he appears to have been a wise and tender father. Here is, I. His taking Timothy into his acquaintance and under his tuition.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5