Commentaries on Acts 16:40

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And they went out of the prison,.... In a public manner, with great honour and reputation, at the request of the magistrates that put them there: and entered into [the house] of Lydia; whom Paul had baptized, Acts 16:14. The word "house" is rightly supplied, for the sense is not, that they went into the country of Lydia, as some have been tempted to think; but they went to the woman Lydia, whose...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

It is some rebuke to Barnabas that after he left Paul we hear no more of him, of what he did or suffered for Christ. But Paul, as he was recommended by the brethren to the grace of God, so his services for Christ after this are largely recorded; we are to attend him in this chapter from place to place, wherever he came doing good, either watering or planting, beginning new work or improving what...