English Standard Version
Acts 14:2
2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Some of the Jews, however, spurned God’s message and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against Paul and Barnabas.
Context of Acts 14:2
1Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 3So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
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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 14:19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
- Acts 17:5But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.
- Acts 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
- Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,
- Mark 15:10For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
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
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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
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