Acts 14:5
◄  Acts 14:5  ►
New International Version (©2011)
There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then a mob of Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, decided to attack and stone them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Now when an attempt was made by both gentiles and Jews, along with their authorities, to mistreat and stone them,

NET Bible (©2006)
When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
But there was a decree against them by the Gentiles and by the Jews and their Leaders, to abuse them and to stone them with stones.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
In the meantime, Paul and Barnabas found out that the non-Jewish people and the Jewish people with their rulers planned to attack them and stone them to death.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
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,

American King James Version
And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them spitefully, and to stone them,

American Standard Version
And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them contumeliously, and to stone them:

Darby Bible Translation
And when an assault was making, both of those of the nations and the Jews with their rulers, to use them ill and stone them,

English Revised Version
And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to entreat them shamefully, and to stone them,

Webster's Bible Translation
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,

Weymouth New Testament
And when a hostile movement was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with the sanction of their magistrates, to maltreat and stone them,

World English Bible
When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

Young's Literal Translation
and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:1-7 The apostles spake so plainly, with such evidence and proof of the Spirit, and with such power; so warmly, and with such concern for the souls of men; that those who heard them could not but say, God was with them of a truth. Yet the success was not to be reckoned to the manner of their preaching, but to the Spirit of God who used that means. Perseverance in doing good, amidst dangers and hardships, is a blessed evidence of grace. Wherever God's servants are driven, they should seek to declare the truth. When they went on in Christ's name and strength, he failed not to give testimony to the word of his grace. He has assured us it is the word of God, and that we may venture our souls upon it. The Gentiles and Jews were at enmity with one another, yet united against Christians. If the church's enemies join to destroy it, shall not its friends unite for its preservation? God has a shelter for his people in a storm; he is, and will be their Hiding-place. In times of persecution, believers may see cause to quit a spot, though they do not quit their Master's work.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 5. Made an onset for an assault made, A.V.; of the Jews for also of the Jews, A.V.; to entreat them shamefully for to use them despitefully, A.V., as 1 Thessalonians 2:2. As regards ὁρμή, neither the A.V. assault nor the R.V. onset expresses it exactly. Ὁρμή means the strong bent of the mind, as in James 3:4, where it expresses the strong will of the steersman directing the ship against the force of the winds. Here it means that both Jews with their rulers, and Gentiles, under the influence of violent passion, had determined and agreed to assault Paul and Barnabas. To entreat them shamefully. Ψβρις and ὑβρίζω denote "violence," as Matthew 22:6; Luke 18:32; 2 Corinthians 12:10. It is sometimes used of corporal punish-merit, even legally inflicted, as Proverbs 19:18 (LXX.).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when there was an assault made,.... Or a strong bias and inclination were in the minds,

both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews, with their rulers; who encouraged them in it:

to use them despitefully, and to stone them; not only to give them reproachful language, but to smite, buffet, and scourge them, and to stone them for blasphemy, which was a punishment among the Jews for such causes.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

5. 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).

Acts 14:5 Parallel Commentaries

Acts 14:5 NIV
Acts 14:5 NLT
Acts 14:5 ESV
Acts 14:5 NASB
Acts 14:5 KJV

Bible Hub: Online Parallel Bible


Paul and Barnabas at Iconium
…4But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 5And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them spitefully, and to stone them, 6They were ware of it, and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the region that lies round about:

Acts 13:45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.
Acts 13:50 But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
Acts 14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
Acts 14:4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.
Acts 14:19 Then 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.
2 Corinthians 11:26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.
1 Thessalonians 2:2 We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.
1 Thessalonians 2:14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God's churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews
1 Thessalonians 2:16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.