Acts 14:7
in Acts 14where they continued to preach the gospel.
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and there they preached the gospel.
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And there they preached the gospel.
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This verse in Acts 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe flight of the apostles was tnot more from fear than from their love of the word of God.
This site's exposition
fled unto Lystra and Derbe
on Acts 14:6-7
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, obeying the Lord's own counsel to flee persecution from one city to the next rather than courting it. The flight is not retreat from the mission, for there they preached the gospel still, carrying the same message into new territory the moment the old one closes against them. Lystra and Derbe sit further into the Anatolian interior, a Roman colony and a native town where Greek was heard beside the local Lycaonian tongue that will surface at verse eleven.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, they were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: and there they preached the Gospel." Again, as if they purposely wished to extend the preaching after it was increased, they once more sent them out. See on all occasions the persecutions working great good, and defeating the persecutors, and making the persecuted illustrious. For having come to Lystra, he works a great miracle, by raising the lame man.
They went away into the country, not into the cities only. Observe both the simplicity of the Gentiles, and the malignity of the Jews. By their actions they showed that they were worthy to hear: they so honored them from the miracles only. The one sort honored them as gods, the other persecuted them as pestilent fellows: and those not only did not take offence at the preaching.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And there they preached the Gospel.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And there they preached the Gospel - Wherever they went, they were always employed in their Master’s work. Some MSS. of considerable note add here, and all the people were moved at their preaching, but Paul and Barnabas tarried at Lystra.
The words behind it
3 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| κἀκεῖ | kakei | and there | G2532 →G1563 → | 105 times |
| εὐαγγελιζόμενοι | euangelizomenoi | evangelising | G2097 → | 54 times |
| ἦσαν.¶ | esan | they were continuing. | G1510 → | 2333 times |
κἀκεῖand there
εὐαγγελιζόμενοιevangelising
euangelizomenoiG2097 →54 times
ἦσαν.¶they were continuing.
esanG1510 →2333 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
- 1 Timothy 4:15–16
Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
- Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- 1 Timothy 4:13
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.
- Titus 2:15
Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14
Through
Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 12:21
Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
- Psalms 146:5–6
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- Acts 10:26
But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
- 1 Samuel 12:21
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 30; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Rabanus Maurus, Commentary (church-history corpus) and William Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.