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Heὃςwas well attestedἐμαρτυρεῖτοbyὑπὸthe brothersτῶν ἀδελφῶνinἐνLystraΛύστροιςandκαὶIconium.Ἰκονίῳ
Acts 16:2
Study it in the app“He was well attested by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:2, word by word
- was well attestedἐμαρτυρεῖτοemartyreito
have good repute
To have a good name.
Where else “emartyreito” appears- the brothersἀδελφῶνadelphōn
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphōn” appears- LystraΛύστροιςLystrois
Lystra
Lystra, a city of Lycaonia, the hometown of Timothy.
Where else “Lystrois” appears- IconiumἸκονίῳIkoniōi
Iconium
Iconium, a city of Lycaonia, in the center of present-day Turkey.
Where else “Ikoniōi” appears
The context
1And 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3Paul wanted this man to go out with him, and taking him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
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?