Acts 14:2

Acts 14:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
• New International Version (NIV)But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

Context of Acts 14:2

1When Paul and Barnabas arrived in Iconium, they did the same as they had done before. They went to the Jewish meeting place and they spoke God's message there. They spoke very clearly, so that many Jews and Gentiles believed in Jesus. But some of the Jews refused to believe God's message. They told the Gentiles that they too should not believe it. The Jews put bad thoughts into the minds of the Gentiles so that they became angry against the believers. 3So Paul and Barnabas stayed in Iconium for a long time. They were not afraid to tell people the message about the Lord Jesus. The Lord gave them power to do miracles. These showed the people that God was with Paul and Barnabas and that their message was true. They taught that God saves people because he is very kind. 4The people in the city did not agree with each other. Some of them believed the message from the apostles, Paul and Barnabas. But some people agreed with the Jews who did not believe their message.

Acts 14:2 word by word

οἱ δὲ ἀπειθήσαντες Ἰουδαῖοι ἐπήγειραν καὶ ἐκάκωσαν τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• the unbelievingἀπειθέωapeitheō · to disobeyG544
• JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• stirred upἐπεγείρωepegeirō · to awaken/rouseG1892
• the Gentilesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• madeκακόωkakoō · to harmG2559
• their mindsψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• againstκατάkata · according toG2596
• the brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for Acts 14:2

• Acts 14:19Then some Jews arrived there in Lystra. They had travelled from Antioch and from Iconium. They talked to the people, so that they turned against Paul. Then these Jews threw stones at Paul to kill him. They pulled his body to outside the town. They thought that he was dead.
• Acts 13:45But when some Jews saw the crowds of people, they became angry. They were very jealous because the people listened to Paul and Barnabas. They said that Paul was teaching wrong things. They also said bad things against him.
• Acts 17:5Some other Jews in the city were jealous of Paul and Silas, because people believed their message. So they went to the city's market place and they found some bad men there. These men often caused trouble in the city. Now the Jews brought these men to come together with them in an angry crowd. This crowd made a lot of noise and trouble in the streets of the city. They went to Jason's house and they broke down his door. They wanted to find Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out of the house to the crowd.
• Acts 18:12Gallio then became the Roman ruler of the region called Achaia. At this time the Jewish leaders in Corinth decided together to speak against Paul. So they took hold of him and they brought him to Gallio. They wanted Gallio to judge Paul.
• Acts 21:27At the end of those seven days, some Jews from Asia region saw Paul in the temple. They said some bad things against Paul to the crowd. So the people became angry and they took hold of Paul.
• Mark 15:10Pilate knew why the leaders of the priests had brought Jesus to him. They were jealous because people liked Jesus so much.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15People like that even killed the Lord Jesus. They killed God's prophets, too. They also did bad things against us, so that we had to leave their towns. They make God become angry. They are enemies of all people,

Commentaries on Acts 14:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Stirred up the Gentiles - , Such as were mere heathens, and thus distinguished from the Jews, and the Greeks who were proselytes. Evil affected - , Irritated or exasperated their minds against the brethren, the disciples of Christ; one of their appellations before they were called Christians at Antioch. See on Acts 11:26; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2But the unbelieving Jews … - See the notes on Acts 13:50. And made their minds evil-affected - Irritated, or exasperated them. Against the brethren - One of the common appellations by which Christians were known.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Once again, Paul and Barnabas faced Jews who opposed them. These people rejected the Christian message (the good news about Jesus) and also influenced the Gentiles to think wrongly about it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-7"After this detailed account of Paul's labors at Pisidian Antioch, Luke subjoins only brief notices of his further labors, partly because from the nature of the case his discourses must have embraced nearly the same topics, and partly because the consequences that resulted assumed quite a similar shape" [Olshausen]. 1. they went both together into the synagogue--Though Paul was now the prominent speaker and actor, yet in everything Barnabas went along…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 14:2

• Barnabas
• Disciple
• Iconium
• Paul
• Unbelief
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Confirm
• Cripple
• Lystra
• Raise
• Unbelieving
• Acts of the Apostles
• Affect; Affection
• Galatians, Epistle to the
• Lois
• Unbeliever

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