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Acts 16:2

NETBible	The brothers in Lystra¹ and Iconium² spoke well³ of him.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Act 16:2	The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
NASB © biblegateway Act 16:2	and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium.
NLT © biblegateway Act 16:2	Timothy was well thought of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium,
MSG © biblegateway Act 16:2	Friends in Lystra and Iconium all said what a fine young man he was.
BBE © SABDAweb Act 16:2	Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 16:2	He was well spoken of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 16:2	He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium.
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KJV	Which <3739> was well reported <3140> (5712) of by <5259> the brethren <80> that were at <1722> Lystra <3082> and <2532> Iconium <2430>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 16:2	and he was well <3140> spoken <3140> of by the brethren <80> who were in Lystra <3082> and Iconium <2430> .
NET [draft] ITL	The brothers <80> in <1722> Lystra <3082> and <2532> Iconium <2430> spoke well <3140> of him.
GREEK	ov emartureito twn en lustroiv kai ikoniw adelfwn

NETBible

The brothers in Lystra¹ and Iconium² spoke well³ of him.⁴

NET Notes

¹sn Lystra was a city in Lycaonia about 25 mi (40 km) south of Iconium.

²sn Iconium was a city in Lycaonia about 110 mi (175 km) east of Pisidian Antioch.

³tn For this sense of μαρτυρέω (marturew), see BDAG 618 s.v. 2.b.

⁴tn Grk “who was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.” Because of the awkwardness in English of having two relative clauses follow one another (“who was a believer…who was well spoken of”) and the awkwardness of the passive verb (“was well spoken of”), the relative pronoun at the beginning of 16:2 (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“him”) and the construction converted from passive to active at the same time a new sentence was started in the translation.