使徒の働き 16:5 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 16:5

So for and so, A.V.; the Churches were strengthened for were the Churches established, A.V. In number; i.e. in the number of their members (comp. Acts 2:47 ; Acts 5:14 ; Acts 6:7 ; Acts 11:21 ). For the phrase, ἐστερεοῦντο τῇ πίστει , "They were made firm in the faith," comp. Colossians 2:5 , τὸ στερέωμα τῆς εἰς χριστὸν πίστεως ὑμῶν , "The steadfastness of your faith." The word is used in its physical sense in Acts 3:7 , ἐστερεώθησαν αὐτοῦ αἱ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 16:5

Established in the faith - Confirmed in the belief of the gospel The effect of the wise and conciliatory measure was to increase and strengthen the churches. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 16:4-5

Acts 16:4-5. And In order that peace might be secured among the brethren in these parts, and no unnecessary burden might be imposed upon the Gentile converts, through the arts of any Judaizing teachers; as Paul and his companions went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep Committed to the custody of each church an exact and attested copy of the decrees, made by the council at Jerusalem. See Acts 15:29: for, although these decrees were written in the form of a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 16:1-10

Across Asia Minor to Troas (16:1-10)Upon arriving in Lystra, Paul and Silas were joined by Timothy, a young man whom the elders of the Galatian churches considered suited to the task ahead (1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 4:14). Timothy was half-Jewish, and Paul thought it wise that he be circumcised, apparently hoping that this would gain acceptance for Timothy with the Jewish population wherever the missionaries went. The circumcision of Timothy was for practical, not religious, purposes, in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 16:5

And so, &c . = The churches indeed therefore. churches . App-186 . established . Greek. stereoo. See note on Acts 3:7 ; Acts 14:22 . A medical word. faith . App-150 . daily . Greek. kath' ( App-104 .) hemeran, i.e. day by day. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 16:5

So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.Having been freed, for the time being, from the troublesome insistence of the Judaizers, the churches prospered spiritually and numerically. The issue, however, was not dead; the Pharisee-Christians would trouble the whole world of that day by their efforts to subvert Christianity by mixing elements of Judaism with it; and the issue would not be effectively removed until the armies of Vespasian and Titus removed the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 16:1-5

The churches of Galatia 16:1-5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 16:5

This fifth progress report concludes the section on the church’s expansion into Asia Minor (Acts 12:25 to Acts 16:5; cf. Acts 6:7; Acts 9:31; Acts 12:24; Acts 19:20; Acts 28:31). This part of its history was particularly crucial since in this phase of its expansion the church changed from predominantly Jewish to predominantly Gentile. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:1-40

St. Paul in Europe1. 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, though he was not circumcised (see 2 Timothy 1:6). The whole family had been converted at St. Paul’s first visit. 3. See Preface to Acts 15. 4, 5. Here we have evidence that the decrees of the Council were actually promulgated in the Galatian Churches, and that they were well received.6-40. Journey into... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 16:1-40

The Baffling of the Spirit Acts 16:7 Paul was on his second missionary journey when he was hindered thus by the Spirit of his Lord. He had made up his mind to go northward to Bithynia, when somehow he was Divinely checked. How the door was thus shut on him we are not told: it is one of the wise reticences of Scripture. Perhaps he was warned by some prophetic voice, or visited by irresistible conviction. On the other hand, if one prefer it so, we may think of the pressure of circumstance or... read more