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Selected Verse: Acts 16:15 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ac 16:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] when [5613] she was baptized [907], and [2532] her [846] household [3624], she besought [3870] us, saying [3004], If [1487] ye have judged [2919] me [3165] to be [1511] faithful [4103] to the Lord [2962], come [1525] into [1519] my [3450] house [3624], and abide [3306] there. And [2532] she constrained [3849] us [2248]. |
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King James |
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And when . . . baptized . . . and her household--probably without much delay. The mention of baptism here for the first time in connection with the labors of Paul, while it was doubtless performed on all his former converts, indicates a special importance in this first European baptism. Here also is the first mention of a Christian household. Whether it included children, also in that case baptized, is not explicitly stated; but the presumption, as in other cases of household baptism, is that it did. Yet the question of infant baptism must be determined on other grounds; and such incidental allusions form only part of the historical materials for ascertaining the practice of the Church.
she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord--the Lord Jesus; that is, "By the faith on Him which ye have recognized in me by baptism." There is a beautiful modesty in the expression.
And she constrained us--The word seems to imply that they were reluctant, but were overborne. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And when she was baptized - Apparently without any delay. Compare Act 2:41; Act 8:38. It was usual to be baptized immediately on believing.
And her household - Greek: her house ὁ οἶκος ἀυτῆς ho oikos autēs, her family. No mention is made of their having believed, and the case is one that affords a strong presumptive proof that this was an instance of household or infant baptism. Because:
(1) Her believing is particularly mentioned.
(2) it is not intimated that they believed.
(3) it is manifestly implied that they were baptized because she believed. It was the offering of her family to the Lord. It is just such an account as would now be given of a household or family that were baptized upon the faith of the parent.
If ye have judged me to be faithful - If you deem me a Christian or a believer.
And she constrained us - She urged us. This was an instance of great hospitality, and also an evidence of her desire for further instruction in the doctrines of religion. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Constrained (παρεβιάσατο)
Only here and Luk 24:29, on which see note. The constraint was from ardent gratitude. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
She was baptized and her family - Who can believe that in so many families there was no infant? Or that the Jews, who were so long accustomed to circumcise their children, would not now devote them to God by baptism? She entreated us - The souls of the faithful cleave to those by whom they were gained to God. She constrained us - By her importunity. They did not immediately comply, lest any should imagine they sought their own profit by coining into Macedonia. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord - The meaning seems to be this: If my present reception of the Gospel of Christ be a proof to you that I have been faithful to the Lord, in the light previously imparted, and that I am as likely to be faithful to this new grace as I have been to that already received, and, consequently, not likely by light or fickle conduct to bring any discredit on this Divine work, come into my house, and abide there. It is wrong to suppose that this woman had not received a measure of the light of God before this time.
And she constrained us - She used such entreaties and persuasions that at last they consented to lodge there. |
38 And [2532] he commanded [2753] the chariot [716] to stand still [2476]: and [2532] they went down [2597] both [297] into [1519] the water [5204], both [5037] Philip [5376] and [2532] the eunuch [2135]; and [2532] he baptized [907] him [846].
41 Then [3303] [3767] they that gladly [780] received [588] his [846] word [3056] were baptized [907]: and [2532] the same [1565] day [2250] there were added [4369] unto them about [5616] three thousand [5153] souls [5590].
29 But [2532] they constrained [3849] him [846], saying [3004], Abide [3306] with [3326] us [2257]: for [3754] it is [2076] toward [4314] evening [2073], and [2532] the day [2250] is far spent [2827]. And [2532] he went in [1525] to tarry [3306] with [4862] them [846].