Acts 16:1 (WEB)

Passage

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

Nearby Context

Acts 16:1 He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

Acts 16:2 The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

Acts 16:3 Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "derbe", "lystra", "behold", "certain", "disciple", "named", and "timothy". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "derbe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "The brothers who were at Lystra and...", so "came" and "derbe" should be read forward into that movement. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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