Acts 16:1 
Context| NET © | 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 |
| NIV © | He came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was a Jewess and a believer, but whose father was a Greek. |
| NASB © | Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, |
| NLT © | Paul and Silas went first to Derbe and then on to Lystra. There they met Timothy, a young disciple whose mother was a Jewish believer, but whose father was a Greek. |
| MSG © | Paul came first to Derbe, then Lystra. He found a disciple there by the name of Timothy, son of a devout Jewish mother and Greek father. |
| BBE © | And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek; |
| NRSV © | Paul went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek. |
| NKJV © | Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek. |
| KJV | Then <1161> to <1519> Derbe <1191> and <2532> Lystra <3082>_: and <2532>_, a certain <5100> disciple <3101> there <1563>_, named <3686> Timotheus <5095>_, the son <5207> of a certain <5100> woman <1135>_, which was a Jewess <2453>_, and believed <4103>_; but <1161> his father <3962> [was] a Greek <1672>_: |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | |
| NET © | 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 |
| 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. |
