Acts 14:5
3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
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,
6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
7 And there they preached the gospel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
- KJV
- 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,
- WEB
- When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
- ASV
- 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,
- DARBY
- 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,
- BLB
- And when there was a rush of both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them,
- ÅB
- Men da nå både hedningene og jødene med deres styresmenn stormet fram og ville mishandle dem og steine dem,
- OTB
- Da det ble lagt en plan av både hedninger og jøder, sammen med deres ledere, om å mishandle og steine dem,
- B1930
- Men da nu både hedningene og jødene med deres styresmenn stormet frem og vilde mishandle dem og stene dem,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 14:19
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:11
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Read in contextActs 17:5
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Read in contextActs 4:25–29
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Read in contextMatthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Read in contextPsalms 2:1–3
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Read in contextPsalms 83:5
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
Read in contextLuke 6:28
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
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