Acts 16:40

comforted. exhorted. Greek. parakaleo, as in verses: Acts 16:9; Acts 16:15; Acts 16:39.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They comforted them - They exhorted them, and encouraged them to persevere, notwithstanding the opposition and persecution which they might meet...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(22) And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the house of] Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 40. When they saw, etc. They were desired to part presently; yet it became them to regard the brethren, lest the tender seed of the gospel...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. Enter...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They comforted them and departed.— Such an extraordinary interposition of God for his suffering servants, and such an addition made to their church...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed....
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Comforted ] exhorted. And departed] Silas and Timothy accompanied St. Paul, but (since the 'we' is now dropped) St. Luke was probably left behind to...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They comforted them, and departed. — Lydia’s house appears to have been the meeting-place of the brethren, as well as the lodging of the Apostle an...
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...
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 rec...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 ma...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS Amidst many gracious improvements to be made of this Chapter, I would desire to remark the Lord's merciful manifestations, in the instan...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they went out of the prison ,.... In a public manner, with great honour and reputation, at the request of the magistrates that put them there:...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. Ve...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they went out , &c. The servants of Christ, being honourably cleared from every crime by this public release, left the prison quietly, and w...
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 evide...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul and Silas Released. 35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjean...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Entered into the house of Lydia; of whom, Acts 16:14 . They do not shun dangers, so as to neglect their duty. They comforted them, in respect of...
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 suc...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.' But...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 16:40 The Gospel brought into Europe. We have in this story: I. The old lesson of the power of small things, or rather the power of the ear...
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 s...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 t...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The release of the prisoners:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed. In th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 3:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:3 ; 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 ; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 ; Acts 14:22 ; Acts 12:12-17 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

When they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed — Though many circumstances now invited their stay, yet they wisely complied with...

⁴⁰ And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Related Commentaries of Acts 16:40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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