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Acts 16 — Sermon Preparation
Timothy joins Paul; a vision calls them to Macedonia; in Philippi, Lydia believes and Paul and Silas are jailed, then miraculously freed. Below is a research summary for Acts 16, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 29
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Acts 16 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Παῦλος | Paûlos | G3972 | 10 | Paul, Paulus |
| ἐξέρχομαι | exérchomai | G1831 | 9 | come, depart, escape, get out |
| στρατηγός | stratēgós | G4755 | 5 | captain, magistrate |
| πόλις | pólis | G4172 | 7 | city |
| φυλακή | phylakḗ | G5438 | 5 | cage, hold, prison, ward |
| δεσμοφύλαξ | desmophýlax | G1200 | 3 | jailor, keeper of the prison |
| Σιλᾶς | Sílas | G4609 | 3 | Silas |
How preachers through history handled this text
29 public-domain excerpts on Acts 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The removals of ministers, and the dispensing the means of grace by them, are in particular under Divine conduct and direction. We must follow Providence: and whatever we seek to do, if that suffer us not, we ought to submit and believe to be for the best. People greatly need help for their souls, it is their duty to look out for it, and to invite those among them who can help them. And God's calls must be complied with readily. A solemn assembly the worshippers of God must have, if possible, upon the sabbath day. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Acts 16:6–15 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Derbe— Acts 16:1
- Lystra— Acts 16:1
- Macedonia— Acts 16:10
- Neapolis— Acts 16:11
- Samothrace— Acts 16:11
- Troas— Acts 16:11
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