Acts 16:1
Context| NETBible | He also came to Derbe 1 and to Lystra. 2 A disciple 3 named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, 4 but whose father was a Greek. 5 |
| XREF | Ezr 9:2; Ac 14:1; Ac 14:6,21; Ac 17:14; Ac 18:5; Ac 19:22; Ac 20:4,5; Ro 16:21; 1Co 4:17; 1Co 7:14; Php 1:1; Php 2:19; Col 1:1; 1Th 1:1; 1Th 3:2; 2Th 1:1; 1Ti 1:2; 2Ti 1:2; 2Ti 1:5; 2Ti 3:11; 2Ti 3:15,16; Heb 13:23 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn Derbe was a city in Lycaonia about 35 mi (60 km) southeast of Lystra. It was about 90 mi (145 km) from Tarsus. map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2. 2 sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 25 mi (40 km) south of Iconium. map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2. 3 tn Grk “And behold, a disciple.” Here ἰδού (idou) has not been translated. 4 tn L&N 31.103 translates this phrase “the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer.” 5 sn His father was a Greek. Timothy was the offspring of a mixed marriage between a Jewish woman (see 2 Tim 1:5) and a Gentile man. On mixed marriages in Judaism, see Neh 13:23-27; Ezra 9:1-10:44; Mal 2:10-16; Jub. 30:7-17; m. Qiddushin 3.12; m. Yevamot 7.5. |
