Acts 16:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. ”

Acts 16:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He set meat before them - Food. Greek: “he placed a table.” The word “meat” formerly meant “food” of all kinds. And rejoiced - This was the effect of believing. Religion produces joy. See the...
Acts 16:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 c...
Acts 16:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

brought . Greek. anago. Same as "loosed", Acts 16:11 . set meat . placed. table. Compare Psalms 23:5 . rejoiced . See noteon "was glad", Acts 2:26 . believing . App-150. with all his ho...
Acts 16:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 34. He rejoiceth that he believed. The external profession of faith was before commended in the jailer; now the inward fruit thereof is described. When he did lodge the apostles, − (225)...
Acts 16:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. He set meat before them - They were sufficiently exhausted, and needed refresh...
Acts 16:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them,...
Acts 16:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Acts 16:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He set meat before them, and rejoiced. — Literally, set a table before them. The two sufferers may well have needed food. If the tumult had begun, as is probable, as they were going to the prose...
Acts 16:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Salvation in the Jail Acts 16:25-40 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...
Acts 16:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Acts 16:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (26) And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and...
Acts 16:34 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE JAILER’S CONVERSION ‘And when he had brought them into his house he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.’ Acts 16:34 The jailer was brought near to th...
Acts 16:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when he had brought them into his house ,.... After he and his family had been baptized, either in the pool in the prison, or in the river near the city of Philippi: he set meat before them ;...
Acts 16:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. Ver. 34. And rejoiced, believing ] A prick with a pin may and doth many ti...
Acts 16:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ Whom it is our office to preach as the great and only Saviour; and confide wholly in him for salvation; loving, obeying, and living to his glory. As...
Acts 16:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 visi...
Acts 16:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul and Silas in Prison; Conversion of the Philippian Jailer. 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God:...
Acts 16:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Into his house; which was close unto, or a separate part of, the prison, into which they did ascend, being before in a low dungeon. He set meat before them; Paul and Silas had been long fasting,...
Acts 16:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 16:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 R...
Acts 16:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Acts 16:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Timoth...
Acts 16:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling. The Philippian jailer I. The state of his mind before conversion. 1. He was a careless sinner. This appears not so much from hi...
Acts 16:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Acts 16:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The conversion of the jailer:
Acts 16:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:18 ; 1 Peter 1:6-8 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:9 ; Acts 16:27-29 ; Acts 2:46 ; Acts 8:39 ; Galatians 5:22 ; Isaiah 12:1-3 ; Isaiah 55:12 ; Isaiah 57:17 ; Isaiah 57...
Acts 16:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He set a table before them and rejoiced — Faith makes a man joyful, prudent, liberal.

Acts 16:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 16:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 16:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 16:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 16:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 16:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 16:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 16:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 16:34 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Acts 16:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 16:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 16:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 16:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 16:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 16:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 16:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 16:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 16:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 16:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 16:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 16:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 16:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes