George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Acts 16:35
Sent the serjeants, [2] vergers, or such like officers. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Lictores, Greek: rabduchous, vergers, rod-bearers. ==================== read more
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George Haydock
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:35-40
35-40 Paul, though willing to suffer for the cause of Christ, and without any desire to avenge himself, did not choose to depart under the charge of having deserved wrongful punishment, and therefore required to be dismissed in an honourable manner. It was not a mere point of honour that the apostle stood upon, but justice, and not to himself so much as to his cause. And when proper apology is made, Christians should never express personal anger, nor insist too strictly upon personal amends.... read more
Frank Binford Hole
F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Acts 16:1-99
Acts 16 THIS CHAPTER OPENS with Paul back at Derbe and Lystra, back, that is, to the scenes where he had suffered the stoning. In those very places he now finds Timothy, who was to become in his latter years such a comfort to him. A happy illustration of how God’s government acts in favour of the godly. We are apt to think of it only as acting against the ungodly. Out of the place of Paul’s sufferings sprang one of his greatest comforts. Now as Timothy’s father was a Greek he had not been... read more
Paul E. Kretzmann
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Acts 16:35-40
The release of the prisoners: v. 35. And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go. v. 36. And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore depart and go in peace. v. 37. But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust US out privily? Nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. v. 38. And the... read more
Johann Peter Lange
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Acts 16:9-40
C.—DIVINE INTIMATIONS CONDUCT THE APOSTLE TO EUROPE. SUCCESSFUL COMMENCEMENT; HOSTILITIES AND IMPRISONMENT; BUT ALSO DIVINE DELIVERANCE AT PHILIPPIActs 16:9-409And a vision appeared to Paul in [during, διὰ] the night: There stood a man of Macedonia [a Macedonian man], and prayed [besought] him, saying, Come [Cross] over into [to] Macedonia, and help us. 10And [But] after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured [sought] to go [to journey] into [to] Macedonia, assuredly gathering [as... read more
Frederick Brotherton Meyer
F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Acts 16:25-40
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 storm. The first knowledge of salvation may have reached the heart of the jailer through the saving of the possessed girl, Acts 16:17 . If only the heart is right with Christ, it can sing in the darkest night; and the impression of those holy songs must have wrought still further upon the conscience of this rough Roman official, who had treated his... read more
G. Campbell Morgan
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Acts 16:1-40
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 recent decision of the council. Some charge him with inconsistency, and yet perhaps it was a proof of a larger and deeper consistency. The beginning of this journey is noted for a remarkable experience. The Spirit compelled Paul to a course against his own inclination. At the end of that journey the man of Macedonia appeared to him, and the movement... read more
Peter Pett
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 16:1-40
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 16:6-40
The Mission to Europe (16:6-19:20). Paul’s plans now seemed to begin to go awry. All doors seemed to be closing to him as in one way or another he was first hindered from going one way, and then another. But unknown to him it was to be the commencement of the mission to Europe. Why then does Luke emphasise these negative responses? It was in order to underline that when the move to go forward did come it was decisively under God’s direction. He was saying, ‘the Spirit bade him go’. We need not... read more
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Acts 16:35-40
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 magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. (37) But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. (38) And the sergeants told these words unto the magistrates:... read more