Acts 14:5

Acts 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
• New International Version (NIV)There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,

Context of Acts 14:5

3So they stayed there a long time and spoke boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace by enabling them to do signs and wonders. 4But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles. When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them, 6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside. 7There they continued preaching the gospel.

Acts 14:5 word by word

ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο ὁρμὴ τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ Ἰουδαίων σὺν τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτῶν ὑβρίσαι καὶ λιθοβολῆσαι αὐτούς,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• whenὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• there wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• an assaultὁρμήhormē · impulseG3730
• bothτεte · and/bothG5037
• of the Gentilesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• and alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• of the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• rulersἄρχωνarchōn · rulerG758
• to useὑβρίζωhubrizō · to mistreatG5195
• to stoneλιθοβολέωlithoboleō · to stoneG3036

Cross-references for Acts 14:5

• Acts 4:25You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David your servant: Why do the Gentiles rage and the peoples plot futile things?
• Acts 17:5But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 83:5For they have conspired with one mind; they form an alliance against you —
• 2 Timothy 3:11along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured — and yet the Lord rescued me from them all.
• Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
• Luke 6:28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Commentaries on Acts 14:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5An assault made - ̔, A desperate attempt was made by their rulers, i.e. by the heathen rulers of the people, and the rulers of the synagogue. To use them despitefully - To expose them, bring them into contempt, and make them appear as monsters, or movers of sedition; and then to stone them for this falsely alleged crime.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5An assault made - Greek: a “rush” - ̔́ hormēIt denotes “an impetuous excitement and aggression; a rush to put them to death.” It rather describes a popular tumult than a calm and deliberate purpose. There was a violent, tumultuous excitement. Both of the Gentiles … - Of that part of them which was opposed to the apostles. To use them despitefully - See the notes on Matthew 5:44. To reproach them; to bring contempt upon them; to injure them. And to stone…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. an assault made ... to stone them--rather here, "an impetuous movement" with a view to stoning them: for in 2Co 11:25, Paul says, "Once I was stoned," and that was at Lystra, as expressly related in Ac 14:19. (Paley's remarks--Horæ Paulinæ--on this singular coincidence between the Epistle and the history are very striking). fled--(See Mt 10:23).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 14:5

• Barnabas
• Iconium
• Paul
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Confirm
• Cripple
• Lystra
• Raise
• Unbelieving
• Acts of the Apostles
• Assault
• Galatians, Epistle to the
• Lois
• Persecution

Commentaries on Acts 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings