16:5 ¶ Now I will come unto you,
when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. 6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and
winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I
trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
9 For a great door and effectual is
opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
Macedonia was the country in northern Greece from whence Alexander
the Great came to rule the western and near eastern world hundreds of years
before this time. It is in a slightly different location than the Republic of
Macedonia today which would be just north of ancient Macedonia.
Paul notes that he has an opportunity to spread and confirm the
gospel in Ephesus, which would be in today’s country of Turkey. He notes that
there are many people against him there but he plans on staying until
Pentecost.
16:10
¶ Now if Timotheus come, see that he may
be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
11 Let no man therefore despise him: but
conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with
the brethren. 12 As touching our
brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but
his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall
have convenient time.
Timotheus, or the diminutive and more personal name of Timothy,
was a solid helper of Paul.
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:
He was taught the faith and converted through the efforts of his
mother and grandmother, underscoring the importance of faithful women in the
early church. Would it be that parents and grandparents today were able to pass
on their faith to their offspring rather than driving them away with paranoia
and fear of the world.
2Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned
faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy
mother Eunice; and I am
persuaded that in thee also.
Timothy was sent by Paul to do the work of an evangelist,
straightening out doctrine and confirming the faith of the churches.
2Timothy 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry.
1Corinthians 4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and
faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be
in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
Apollos, another important helper of Paul, was originally from
Alexandria in Egypt.
Acts 18:24 ¶ And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at
Alexandria, an eloquent man, and
mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the
spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the
baptism of John. 26 And he began to
speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they
took him unto them, and
expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia,
the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was
come, helped them much which had believed through grace: 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the
scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
19:1 ¶ And it came to pass, that,
while Apollos was at Corinth…
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