Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 16:1

THen came he to Derbe and Lystra: And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed▪ but his father was a Greek:

Of these Cities see Chap. 14.6.

Who was known unto Paul from his Childhood, 2 Tim. 1.5. and accompanied him in many Journies, 2 Tim. 3▪10. and is called by him, his work-fellow▪ Rom 16.21.

Called Eunice.

Being one of them that had believed in Christ in Iudea, and had a holy Woman to her Mother, named Lois. Altho it was not Lawful for a Iew to marry a Woman of another Nation, yet some think that a Iewess might marry to a stranger, as Esther married to Ahasuerus.

Of Gentile extraction, and therefore not Circumcised; yet he is accounted to have been a Proselyte.

Marginal references: Phil. 2.19. 1 Thess. 3.2.