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.
• 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.
• 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

1At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders. 4The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.

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 came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.
• Acts 13:45When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.
• Acts 17:5But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
• Acts 18:12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
• Mark 15:10knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone

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