Acts 14:20

Acts 14:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
• New International Version (NIV)But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
• New King James Version (NKJV)However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

Context of Acts 14:20

18Although Paul and Barnabas said these things, they hardly kept the crowd from sacrificing to them. 19However, Jews from the cities of Antioch and Iconium arrived in Lystra and won the people over. They tried to stone Paul to death and dragged him out of the city when they thought that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day Paul and Barnabas left for the city of Derbe. 21They spread the Good News in that city and won many disciples. Then they went back to the cities of Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch (which is in Pisidia). 22They strengthened the disciples in these cities and encouraged the disciples to remain faithful. Paul and Barnabas told them, “We must suffer a lot to enter God’s kingdom.”

Acts 14:20 word by word

κυκλωσάντων δὲ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτὸν ἀναστὰς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ τῇ ἐπαύριον ἐξῆλθεν σὺν τῷ Βαρναβᾷ εἰς Δέρβην.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Howbeitδέde · thenG1161
• as the disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• as the disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• stood round aboutκυκλόωkukloō · to surroundG2944
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• he rose upἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• and cameεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the next dayἐπαύριονepaurion · the next dayG1887
• he departedἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• BarnabasΒαρνάβαςBarnabas · BarnabasG921
• DerbeΔέρβηderbē · DerbeG1191

Cross-references for Acts 14:20

• Acts 20:9A young man named Eutychus was sitting in a window. As Paul was talking on and on, Eutychus was gradually falling asleep. Finally, overcome by sleep, he fell from the third story and was dead when they picked him up.
• 2 Corinthians 1:9In fact, we still feel as if we’re under a death sentence. But we suffered so that we would stop trusting ourselves and learn to trust God, who brings the dead back to life.
• 2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown although we are well-known, as dying although, as you see, we go on living. We are punished, but we are not killed.
• Revelation 11:7When the witnesses finish their testimony, the beast which comes from the bottomless pit will fight them, conquer them, and kill them.
• Acts 12:17Peter motioned with his hand to quiet them down and told them how the Lord had taken him out of prison. He added, “Tell James and the other believers about this.” Then he left and went somewhere else.
• Acts 16:40After Paul and Silas left the jail, they went to Lydia’s house. They met with the believers, encouraged them, and then left.
• Acts 20:1When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, said goodbye, and left for Macedonia.
• Acts 14:6So they escaped to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding territory.
• Acts 16:1Paul arrived in the city of Derbe and then went to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived. Timothy’s mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was Greek.

Commentaries on Acts 14:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The disciples stood round about him - No doubt in earnest prayer, entreating the Author of life that his soul might again return to its battered tenement. He rose up - Miraculously restored, not only to life, but to perfect soundness so that he was able to walk into the city, that his persecutors might see the mighty power of God in his restoration, and the faith of the young converts be confirmed in the truth and goodness of God. It is strange that…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Howbeit - Notwithstanding the supposition that he was dead. As the disciples stood round about him - It would seem that they did not suppose I that he was dead; but might be expecting that he would revive. He rose up … - Most commentators have supposed that this was the effect of a miracle. They have maintained that he could not have risen so soon, and entered into the city, without the interposition of miraculous power (Calvin, Doddridge, Clarke, etc.)…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with great difficulty that men are kept back from evil on one side, so it is with great ease they are persuaded to evil on the other side. If Paul would have been Mercury, he might have been worshipped; but if he will be a faithful minister of Christ, he shall…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20the next day he left: Paul later returned to Lystra on his second missionary journey (16:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. as the disciples stood round about him--sorrowing. So his labors here had not been in vain: "Disciples" had been gathered, who now rallied around the bleeding body. And one appears to have been gained on this occasion, of far more importance than all the rest--Timotheus. See on Ac 16:1-3. (It could scarcely have been at the subsequent visit, Ac 14:21, for the reason given in 2Ti 3:10, 11; while at the third visit, Ac 16:1-3, he was already a…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 14:20

• Antioch
• Barnabas
• Derbe
• Lycaonia
• Lystra
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Barnabas
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• Acts of the Apostles
• Derbe
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• Lois
• Paul, the Apostle

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