Acts 16:2
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To this man the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony.

was.

Acts 6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover, he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 5:10,25 Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work. . . .

2 Timothy 3:15 And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 11:2 For by this the ancients obtained a testimony.

Iconium.

Acts 14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch:

2 Timothy 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions: such as came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra: what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

Context
Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
1And he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman that believed: but his father was a Gentile. 2To this man the brethren that were in Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony. 3Him Paul would have to go along with him: and taking him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a Gentile.…
Cross References
Acts 1:15
In those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty):

Acts 13:51
But they, shaking off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.

Acts 14:1
And it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and so spoke that a very great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks did believe.

Acts 14:6
They, understanding it, fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the whole country round about: and were there preaching the gospel.

Acts 16:40
And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia: and having seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.

Philippians 2:22
Now know ye the proof of him: that as a son with the father, so hath he served with me in the gospel.

Lexicon
The
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

brothers
ἀδελφῶν (adelphōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Lystra
Λύστροις (Lystrois)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3082: Lystra, a place in Asia Minor.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Iconium
Ἰκονίῳ (Ikoniō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2430: Perhaps from eikon; image-like; Iconium, a place in Asia Minor.

spoke well of
ἐμαρτυρεῖτο (emartyreito)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3140: To witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report. From martus; to be a witness, i.e. Testify.

[him].
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.


Additional Translations
The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

Which was well reported of by the brothers that were at Lystra and Iconium.

The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

who had a [good] testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

Who was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

Timothy was well spoken of by the brethren at Lystra and Iconium,

The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;
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