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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Acts 14:1-13

Varying Treatment of the Message Acts 14:1-13 From Antioch the Apostles passed to Iconium, the capital of Lycaonia. It is most illuminating to note the source of their success: The Lord bore witness unto the word of His grace. We must not expect success if that divine witness is absent. There is nothing more vital than this. The secret of joyful and successful service is the consciousness that, in every sermon and address, there is an unseen fellow-worker who is listening to each sentence... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:1-28

In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between Paul's address here and messages which he delivered to the Jews. In this he recognized and dealt only with Gentile position and thought. He described himself as a bearer of good tidings from the eternal God. Designating their gods, "vain things," he announced the living God. With relentless... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Acts 14:1-20

Preaching by the Way Acts 14:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open the 14th chapter of Acts, we find Paul and Barnabas still traveling together and entering into Iconium. It is our purpose today to cover both the happenings in Iconium, and then to pass on with these two stalwart sons of God into Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia. There are so many things before us that we begin at once to tabulate them. I. PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-5 ) 1. They went both together. Let me quote... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 14:1-28

The Expansion Of The Word In Cyprus and Asia Minor, With Satan’s Counterattack Being Defeated at an Assembly In Jerusalem, Which is Then Followed By Further Ministry (13:1-18:22). Jerusalem having forfeited its Messiah and its right to evangelise the world, the torch now passes to Antioch. For in his presentation of the forward flow of ‘the word’ Luke now had to find the next great forwards movement and he found it at Syrian Antioch. From there at the instigation of the Holy Spirit (the Holy... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 14:8-10

‘And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked, the same heard Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole, said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he leaped up and walked.’ It is probable that this incident occurred at the gates of the city (see Acts 14:13). There would regularly be a space there which could be used for assemblies, and therefore for preaching. As... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 14:8-20

The Ministry at Lystra (14:8-20a). A description is now given of the rather colourful events that occurred during their ministry in Lystra. These are on top of the fact that they proclaimed the Good News there (Acts 14:7). We do not know how long they had been there before the healing took place, and it may well be that they had been proclaiming the Good News in the synagogue there for some time (this would explain why the Jews had arrived from Pisidian Antioch and Iconium). The incidents... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 14:8-20

Acts 14:8-Proverbs : . Lystra.— Lystra, 25 miles SW. of Iconium, 10 miles off the trade route, in a secluded glen. Lystra and Derbe were the two cities of the Lycaonian region of Galatia; Roman influence was strong there, and Lystra was a Roman colony.The cure of a lame man in connexion with the preaching leads to serious consequences. The incident reminds us forcibly of Acts 3:2-Ruth :; in both cases the lameness is congenital, and the man leaps. In this case, however, faith plays the part... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 14:10

As Acts 3:6,Acts 3:8, to shew that he was perfectly recovered of this lameness; as all miraculous cures (being the work of God) were perfect. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 14:8-20

HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS.—Acts 14:8-20Paul and Barnabas at Lystra; or, the Gospel among BarbariansI. The miracle at Lystra.—1. The subject. “A certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked” (compare Acts 3:2). “The three phrases are like three beats of a hammer; there is no fine literary style in this device, but there is real force which arrests and compels the reader’s attention. Luke uses the triple beat in other places for the same purpose—e.g., Acts... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Acts 14:9-10

The Cripple at Lystra by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked." Acts 14:9-10 . I have read in your hearing the story of the preaching of Paul and Barnabas in the town of Lystra. The name of Christ was there totally unknown. They were a sort of country people, partly pastoral and partly agricultural, who seem to have been... read more

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