Acts 16:2 (GNV)

Passage

Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.

Nearby Context

Acts 16:1 Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra: and beholde, a certaine disciple was there named Timotheus, a womans sonne, which was a Iewesse and beleeued, but his father was a Grecian,

Acts 16:2 Of whom the brethren which were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well.

Acts 16:3 Therefore Paul would that he should go forth with him, and tooke and circumcised him, because of ye Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Grecian.

Acts 16:4 And as they went through the cities, they deliuered them the decrees to keepe, ordeined of the Apostles and Elders, which were at Hierusalem.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brethren", "lystra", "iconium", "reported", and "well". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brethren" and "lystra", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Then came he to Derbe and to..." into verse 3's "Therefore Paul would that he should go...", so "brethren" and "lystra" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "brethren" and "lystra" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.