Acts 16:6-40 WEB

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Acts 16:6

6Chapter 11APOSTOLIC QUARRELS AND THE SECOND TOUR.Acts 15:36; Acts 15:39; Acts 16:6; Acts 16:8-9THE second missionary tour of St. Paul now claims our attention, specially because it involves the first proclamation of Christianity by an apostle within the boundaries of Europe. The course of the narrative up to this will show that any Christian effort in Europe by an apostle, St. Peter or any one else prior to St. Paul’s work, was almost impossible. To the Twelve and to men like-minded with them,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Acts 16:8-9

Chapter 11APOSTOLIC QUARRELS AND THE SECOND TOUR.Acts 15:36; Acts 15:39; Acts 16:6; Acts 16:8-9THE second missionary tour of St. Paul now claims our attention, specially because it involves the first proclamation of Christianity by an apostle within the boundaries of Europe. The course of the narrative up to this will show that any Christian effort in Europe by an apostle, St. Peter or any one else prior to St. Paul’s work, was almost impossible. To the Twelve and to men like-minded with them,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Acts 16:29-31

Chapter 12ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA.Acts 16:29-31; Acts 17:1-2; Acts 17:10TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul’s Asiatic travels. He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, following the great Roman roads which determined his line of march. From Troas he proceeded to Philippi, and for exactly the same reason. All the great roads formed under the emperors down to the time of Constantine the Great led to Rome. When the seat of empire was moved to Constantinople, all the Asiatic... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 16:1-40

CHAPTER 16 1. In Derbe and Lystra again. Timotheus (Acts 16:1-5 ). 2. The Preaching forbidden in Asia (Acts 16:6-8 ). 3. The Vision of the Man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9-12 ). 4. The Gospel in Europe (Acts 16:13-40 ). Read in connection with the first verses of this chapter 1 Timothy 1:18 ; 1Ti 4:14 ; 2 Timothy 1:5-6 ; 2 Timothy 3:15 . The circumcision of Timothy, the offspring of a mixed marriage, was not demanded by the law. Paul in circumcising Timothy manifested his liberty; he acted... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:6

16:6 {4} Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were {d} forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,(4) God appoints certain and determinate times to open and set forth his truth, so that both the election and the calling may proceed of grace.(d) He does not show why they were forbidden, but only that they were forbidden, teaching us to obey and not to enquire. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:9

16:9 {5} And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.(5) They are the ministers of the Gospel by whom he helps those who are likely to perish. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:10

16:10 {6} And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.(6) The Saints did not easily believe every vision. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:13

16:13 {7} And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where {e} prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted [thither].(7) God begins his kingdom in Macedonia by the conversion of a woman, and so shows that there is no exception of persons in the Gospel.(e) Where they customarily assembled themselves. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:14

16:14 {8} And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.(8) The Lord opens the heart to hear the word which is preached. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:15

16:15 {9} And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.(9) An example of a godly housewife. read more

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Acts 16:6

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Acts 16:8-9

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Acts 16:29-31

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 16:1-40

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:6

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:9

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:10

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:13

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:14

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 16:15

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