Andδὲhe arrivedΚατήντησενalsoκαὶatεἰςDerbeΔέρβηνandκαὶatεἰςLystra.ΛύστρανAndκαὶlook,ἰδοὺa certainτιςdiscipleμαθητήςwasἦνthere,ἐκεῖnamedὀνόματιTimothy,Τιμόθεοςthe sonυἱὸςof a believingπιστῆςJewishἸουδαίαςwoman,γυναικὸςbutδὲof a GreekἝλληνοςfather.πατρὸς
Acts 16:1
Study it in the app“And he arrived also at Derbe and at Lystra. And look, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but of a Greek father.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:1, word by word
- he arrivedΚατήντησενKatēntēsen
arrive
To end a journey at a city or place.
Where else “Katēntēsen” appears- DerbeΔέρβηνDerbēn
Derbe
Derbe, a city of Lycaonia.
Where else “Derbēn” appears- LystraΛύστρανLystran
Lystra
Lystra, a city of Lycaonia, the hometown of Timothy.
Where else “Lystran” appears- discipleμαθητήςmathētēs
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētēs” appears- wasἦνēn
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “ēn” appears- namedὀνόματιonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears- TimothyΤιμόθεοςTimotheos
Timothy
Timothy: a disciple and companion of Paul, of a Jewish mother and a Greek father.
Where else “Timotheos” appears- the sonυἱὸςhuios
son
A son.
Where else “huios” appears- of a believingπιστῆςpistēs
believer
Someone who trusts in Jesus.
Where else “pistēs” appears- JewishἸουδαίαςIoudaias
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaias” appears- womanγυναικὸςgynaikos
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynaikos” appears- of a GreekἝλληνοςHellēnos
Gentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēnos” appears- fatherπατρὸςpatros
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patros” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He was well attested by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
To study Acts 16 in a group
1. What it says
What do Paul and Silas do at midnight in prison, and what happens afterward? (vv. 25-26)
2. What it means
Why does the jailer ask what he must do, and how do Paul and Silas answer him? (vv. 27-31)
3. How I live it
Paul and Silas prayed and sang on a very hard night (v. 25). What gives you courage when you go through a night like that?