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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Acts 16:2

The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Iconium;   Lycaonia;   Lystra;   Minister, Christian;   Paul;   Timothy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Good;   Iconium;   Missions, World-Wide;   Name;   Reputation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Liberality;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elder;   Gifts of the spirit;   Iconium;   Lystra;   Mission;   Paul;   Praise;   Timothy;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Greek;   Lycaonia;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Iconium;   Lycaonia;   Paul;   Timothy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Galatians, Letter to the;   Mission(s);   Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Iconium,;   Lycaonia;   Lydia;   Marriage;   Presbytery;   Timothy;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gaius ;   Galatia ;   Galatians Epistle to the;   Lystra ;   Macedonia ;   Roads and Travel;   Timothy;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Iconium ;   Lystra ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Iconium;   Lycaonia;   Lystra;   Philippi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ico'nium;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Eunice;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Galatia;   Galatians, Epistle to the;   Iconium;   Lycaonia;   Phrygia;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Timothy was quickly becoming a hand, and everyone thought very highly of him in Lystra and Iconium.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium.
Legacy Standard Bible
and he was well spoken of by the brothers who were in Lystra and Iconium.
Bible in Basic English
Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.
Darby Translation
who had a [good] testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.
New King James Version
He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium.
Christian Standard Bible®
The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him.
World English Bible
The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Who was well reported of by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.
Weymouth's New Testament
Timothy was well spoken of by the brethren at Lystra and Iconium,
King James Version (1611)
Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Literal Translation
This one was being testified of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
ye same had a good reporte amonge the brethre of Lystra and at Iconium.
Mace New Testament (1729)
as the brethren of Lystra and Iconium gave him a good character, Paul had a mind he should accompany him.
Amplified Bible
Timothy was well spoken of by the brothers and sisters who were in Lystra and Iconium.
American Standard Version
The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Revised Standard Version
He was well spoken of by the brethren at Lystra and Ico'nium.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Of whom reported well the brethren of Lystra and of Iconium.
Update Bible Version
The same was well reported of by the brothers that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Webster's Bible Translation
Who was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Young's Literal Translation
who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;
New Century Version
The believers in Lystra and Iconium respected Timothy and said good things about him.
New English Translation
The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord's followers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy,
Complete Jewish Bible
All the brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy.
English Standard Version
He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.
George Lamsa Translation
And all the disciples of Lys''tra and I-co''nium gave good testimony concerning him.
Hebrew Names Version
The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
International Standard Version
He was highly regarded by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.Acts 6:3;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And all the disciples who were of Lystra and Ikonia testified concerning him.
Murdock Translation
And all the disciples of Lystra and Iconium gave good testimony of him.
New Living Translation
Timothy was well thought of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium,
New Life Bible
The Christians in the city of Lystra and Iconium respected Timothy.
English Revised Version
The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
New Revised Standard
He was well spoken of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
who was well-attested by the brethren in Lystra, and Iconium.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To this man the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony.
King James Version
Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Lexham English Bible
who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of whom the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.
Easy-to-Read Version
The believers in the cities of Lystra and Iconium had only good things to say about him.
New American Standard Bible
and he was well spoken of by the brothers and sisters who were in Lystra and Iconium.
Good News Translation
All the believers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And britheren that weren in Listris and Iconye, yeldiden good witnessing to hym.

Contextual Overview

1Paul 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. 2The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. 5So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was: Acts 6:3, 1 Timothy 3:7, 1 Timothy 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:25, 2 Timothy 3:15, Hebrews 11:2

Iconium: Acts 14:21, 2 Timothy 3:11

Reciprocal: Acts 13:51 - Iconium Acts 14:6 - Lystra

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And the man answered, "The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree from which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Genesis 16:1
Now Abram's wife Sarai had not borne a child to him, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:4
And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
Genesis 16:6
"Here," said Abram, "your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her." Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
Genesis 16:9
So the Angel of the LORD told her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority."
Genesis 16:10
Then the Angel added, "I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count."
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her."
Genesis 18:10
Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which was well reported of,.... Not the father of Timothy, but Timothy himself; to whose piety, virtue, and good conversation witness was borne,

by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium; the members of the churches which were in these places, and which were not far from one another; and as it is necessary that ministers of the Gospel should have a good report of them that are without, so likewise of them that are within; and the testimony of the latter is preferable to that of the former.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which - That is, Timothy. The connection requires us to understand this of him. Of the character of his father nothing is known.

Was well reported of - Was esteemed highly as a young man of piety and promise. Compare the notes on Acts 6:3. Compare 1 Timothy 5:10. Timothy had been religiously educated. He was carefully trained in the knowledge of the holy Scriptures, and was therefore the better qualified for his work, 2 Timothy 3:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 16:2. Which was well reported of — These words are spoken of Timothy, and not of his father. At this time Timothy must have been very young; for, several years after, when appointed to superintend the Church at Crete, he appears to have been then so young that there was a danger of its operating to the prejudice of his ministry: 1 Timothy 4:12, Let no man despise thy youth. He had a very early religious education from his godly mother Eunice, and his not less pious grandmother Lois; and, from his religious instructions, was well prepared for the work to which God now called him.


 
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