Acts 16:2

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܟ݂ܽܠܗܽܘܢ ܬ݁ܰܠܡܺܝܕ݂ܶܐ ܕ݁ܡܶܢ ܠܽܘܣܛܪܰܐ ܘܡܶܢ ܐܺܝܩܳܢܺܘܳܢ ܡܰܣܗܕ݂ܺܝܢ ܗ݈ܘܰܘ ܥܠܰܘܗ݈ܝ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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was: Acts 6:3, 1 Timothy 3:7, 1 Timothy 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:25, 2 Timothy 3:15, Hebrews 11:2

Iconium: Acts 14:21, 2 Timothy 3:11

Reciprocal: Acts 13:51 - Iconium Acts 14:6 - Lystra

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which was well reported of,.... Not the father of Timothy, but Timothy himself; to whose piety, virtue, and good conversation witness was borne,

by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium; the members of the churches which were in these places, and which were not far from one another; and as it is necessary that ministers of the Gospel should have a good report of them that are without, so likewise of them that are within; and the testimony of the latter is preferable to that of the former.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which - That is, Timothy. The connection requires us to understand this of him. Of the character of his father nothing is known.

Was well reported of - Was esteemed highly as a young man of piety and promise. Compare the notes on Acts 6:3. Compare 1 Timothy 5:10. Timothy had been religiously educated. He was carefully trained in the knowledge of the holy Scriptures, and was therefore the better qualified for his work, 2 Timothy 3:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 16:2. Which was well reported of — These words are spoken of Timothy, and not of his father. At this time Timothy must have been very young; for, several years after, when appointed to superintend the Church at Crete, he appears to have been then so young that there was a danger of its operating to the prejudice of his ministry: 1 Timothy 4:12, Let no man despise thy youth. He had a very early religious education from his godly mother Eunice, and his not less pious grandmother Lois; and, from his religious instructions, was well prepared for the work to which God now called him.