Acts 14:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 14:5

3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, ^awho was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and ^bwonders to be done by their hands.

4 But the multitude of the city was ^adivided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the ^bapostles.

5 And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, ^ato abuse and stone them,

6 they became aware of it and ^afled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.

7 And they were preaching the gospel there.

Idolatry at Lystra

8 ^aAnd in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

Verse Comparison: Acts 14:5

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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,

Amplified® Bible
When there was an attempt both on the part of the Gentiles and the Jews together with their rulers, to insult {and} abuse {and} molest [Paul and Barnabas] and to stone them,

Contemporary English Version
Finally, some Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to make trouble for Paul and Barnabas and to stone them to death.

Darby English Version
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,

Good News Bible
Then some Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to mistreat the apostles and stone them.

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

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 despitefully, and to stone them,

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

New International Version
There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.

New King James Version
And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And when the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers made an attempt, to mistreat and to 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,

New English Translation
When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made¹ an attempt to mistreat² them and stone them,³

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