Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Which - That is, Timothy. The connection requires us to understand this of him. Of the character of his father nothing is known.
Was well reported of - Was esteemed highly as a young man of piety and promise. Compare the notes on Acts 6:3. Compare I Timothy 5:10. Timothy had been religiously educated. He was carefully trained in the knowledge of the holy Scriptures, and was therefore the better qualified for his work, II Timothy 3:15.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Acts 16:2:
Acts 16:3
1 Corinthians 4:17
1 Corinthians 16:10
Philippians 2:19
Colossians 1:1
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