Acts 16 · Verse 2

Acts 16:2

Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Acts 16:2, King James Version

Acts 16:2 in other translations

BSBThe brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
WEBThe brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
ASVThe same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
YLTwho was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;
DARBYwho had a good testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.
BBEOf whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.
WebsterWho was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

What does Acts 16:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 16:1-5

PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY. Ac 15:41-18:22. Ac 15:41-16:5. Visitation of the Churches Formerly Established, Timotheus Here Joining the Missionary Party. 41. he went through Syria and Cilicia--(See on Ac 15:23). Taking probably the same route as when despatched in haste from Jerusalem to Tarsus, he then went by land (see on Ac 9:30). 1-5. Then came he to Derbe and Lystra; and, behold, a certain disciple was…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 2. Which. That is, Timothy. The connexion 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. Acts 6:3; comp. 1Timm 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, 2Ti 3:15.

(f) "well reported" Acts 6:3

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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: 1Tim 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 16:1-5

Well may the church look for much service from youthful ministers who set out in the same spirit as Timothy. But when men will submit in nothing, and oblige in nothing, the first elements of the Christian temper seem to be wanting; and there is great reason to believe that the doctrines and precepts of the gospel will not be successfully taught. The design of the decree being to set aside the ceremonial law, and its…

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Acts 16:2 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὃςhoswhoG3739
ἐμαρτυρεῖτοemartureitowas well spoken ofG3140
ὑπὸhupobyG5259
τῶνtōntheG3588
ἐνeninG1722
ΛύστροιςLustroisLystraG3082
καὶkaiandG2532
ἸκονίῳIkoniōIconiumG2430
ἀδελφῶν.adelphōnbrothers.G80

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 16:2

  • 1 Timothy 5:10

    Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

  • 2 Timothy 3:15

    And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

  • Acts 16:40

    And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

  • 1 Timothy 3:7

    Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

  • 2 Timothy 3:11

    Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

  • Acts 6:3

    Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

  • Acts 14:21

    And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,

  • Acts 13:51

    But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

  • Hebrews 11:2

    For by it the elders obtained a good report.

  • 1 Timothy 5:25

    Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
was.
6:3; 1Ti 3:7; 5:10,25; 2Ti 3:15; Heb 11:2
Iconium.
14:21; 2Ti 3:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 16:1

    Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

  • Acts 16:2

    Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

  • Acts 16:3

    Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

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Acts 16:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De éste daban buen testimonio los hermanos que estaban en Listra y en Iconio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		lequel avait un bon témoignage des frères qui étaient à Lystre et à Iconium.
German
Elberfelder 1871		welcher ein gutes Zeugnis hatte von den Brüdern in Lystra und Ikonium.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Huic testimonium bonum reddebant qui in Lystris erant et Iconio fratres.