Lystra

How Nave’s arranged it

• One of two cities of Lycaonia, to which Paul and Barnabas fled from persecutions in IconiumActs 14:6–232 Timothy 3:11
• Congregation of, elders ordained for, by Paul and BarnabasActs 14:23
• Timothy a resident ofActs 16:1–4

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Acts 14:6–23

   they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

   ›Commentary on Acts 14:6–232 voices

   “AT LYSTRA PAUL HEALING A CRIPPLE, THE PEOPLE ARE SCARCE RESTRAINED FROM SACRIFICING TO THEM AS GODS, BUT AFTERWARDS, THEIR MINDS BEING POISONED, THEY STONE PAUL, LEAVING HIM FOR DEAD--WITHDRAWING TO DERBE, THEY PREACH AND TEACH THERE. There being no mention of the synagogue at Lystra, it is probable there were too few Jews there to form one.

   “They were ware of it,.... They understood it, were apprised of it, and well weighed it, and considered it in their minds, and what was best to be done at this juncture: and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia; according to the orders and command of Christ, Mat 10:23 not so much to save their lives, as to spread the Gospel in other parts.

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2. Acts 14:23

   Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

   ›Commentary on Acts 14:232 voices

   “When they had ordained them presbyters in every Church - Out of those who were themselves but newly converted. So soon can God enable even a babe in Christ to build up others in the common faith: they commended them to the Lord - An expression implying faith in Christ, as well as love to the brethren.

   “For if "ordination" was by prayer and fasting (see Ac 13:3), why should it be said they first "ordained elders," and after that "prayed with fasting?" Whereas if the first clause refer to the choice and the second to the ordination, all is natural. they commended--"committed" them--that is, all these churches. to the Lord--Jesus.

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3. Acts 16:1–4

   Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

   ›Commentary on Acts 16:1–42 voices

   “Then came he - That is, Paul in company with Silas. Luke does not give us the history of Barnabas, but confines his narrative to the journey of Paul. To Derbe and Lystra - See the notes on Act 14:6. And behold, a certain disciple named Timotheus - It was to this disciple that Paul afterward addressed the two epistles which bear his name. It is evident that he was a native of one of these places, but whether of Derbe or Lystra it is impossible to determine.

   “His would be one of "the souls of the disciples confirmed" at the apostle's second visit, "exhorted to continue in the faith, and" warned "that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God" (Ac 14:21, 22). the son of a certain . . .

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4. 2 Timothy 3:11

   my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

   ›Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:112 voices

   “Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch,.... In Pisidia; where the Jews that contradicted and blasphemed his doctrine, and envied his success, stirred up the chief of the city, both men and women, against him, and Barnabas; who persecuted them and expelled them out, of their coasts, Act 13:45 and also at Iconium; where both Jews and Gentiles made an assault upon them, to use them ill, and stone them, Act 14:5 and likewise at Lystra; where the apostle was stoned, and drawn out of the city, and left for dead, Act 14:

   “Persecutions - On the meaning of this word, see the notes at Mat 5:10. Afflictions - Trials of other kinds than those which arose from persecutions. The apostle met them everywhere; compare the notes at Act 20:23. Which came unto me at Antioch - The Antioch here referred to is not the place of that name in Syria (see the notes at Act 11:19); but a city of the same name in Pisidia, in Asia Minor; notes, Act 13:14. Paul there suffered persecution from the Jews; Act 13:45. At Iconium; - notes, Act 13:

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