Acts 16:1

“Then came he to Derbe and Lystra, etc.] Which were cities of Lycaonia, (<441406>Acts 14:6) after Paul had gone through Syria and Cilicia; in the last of these places, he had been stoned, and yet goes thither again; none of these things moved him from the preaching of the Gospel, and from the care of the churches, such zeal, courage, and intrepidity was he possessed of: and behold a certain disciple was there: a converted person, a believer in Christ, one that had learned to know and deny himself, and understood the way of salvation by Christ, and was a follower of him; whether the apostle was an instrument of his conversion, when he was before in these parts, is not certain, though probable,…”

“Then came he to Derbe and Lystra; and, behold, a certain disciple was there--that is, at Lystra (not Derbe, as some conclude from Act 20:4). named Timotheus--(See on Act 14:20). As Paul styles him "his own son in the faith" (Ti1 1:2), he must have been gained to Christ at the apostle's first visit; and as Paul says he "had fully known his persecutions which came on him at Lystra" (Ti2 3:10-11), he may have been in that group of disciples that surrounded the apparently lifeless body of the apostle outside the walls of Lystra, and that at a time of life when the mind receives its deepest impressions from the spectacle of innocent suffering and undaunted courage [HOWSON]. His would be one of…”

“Then came he - That is, Paul in company with Silas. Luke does not give us the history of Barnabas, but confines his narrative to the journey of Paul. To Derbe and Lystra - See the notes on Acts 14:6. And behold, a certain disciple named Timotheus - It was to this disciple that Paul afterward addressed the two epistles which bear his name. It is evident that he was a native of one of these places, but whether of Derbe or Lystra it is impossible to determine. The son of a certain woman ... - Her name was Eunice, 2 Timothy 1:5. And believed - And was a Christian. It is stated also that her mother was a woman of distinguished Christian piety, 2 Timothy 1:5. It was not lawful for a Jew to marry a…”

“16:1-3 Paul returned to churches that he and Barnabas had established on their previous journey.”

“to Derbe: Act 14:6, Act 14:21; Ti2 3:11 named: Act 17:14, Act 18:5, Act 19:22, Act 20:4, Act 20:5; Rom 16:21; Co1 4:17; Phi 1:1, Phi 2:19; Col 1:1; Th1 1:1, Th1 3:2; Th2 1:1; Ti1 1:2; Ti2 1:2; Heb 13:23 which: Ti2 1:5, Ti2 3:15, Ti2 3:16 but: Act 14:1; Ezr 9:2; Co1 7:14 Acts 16:2”