to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
assault
ὁρμὴhormē
G3730
a violent impulse · noun — nominative singular feminine
made
γίνομαιgínomai
G1096
to cause to be ("gen"-erate)
both
τεte
G5037
both or also (properly · conjunction
Gentiles
ἐθνῶνethnōn
G1484
a race (as of the same habit) · noun — genitive plural neuter
also
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
Jews
ἸουδαίωνIoudaiōn
G2453
Judæan · noun — genitive plural masculine, a people name
with
σὺνsun
G4862
with or together (but much closer than G3326 (μετά) or… · preposition
their
αὐτῶνautōn
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
rulers
ἄρχουσινarchousin
G758
a first (in rank or power) · noun — dative plural masculine
use
ὑβρίσαιhubrisai
G5195
to exercise violence · verb — aorist active infinitive
despitefully
ὑβρίζωhybrízō
G5195
to exercise violence
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
stone
λιθοβολῆσαιlithobolēsai
G3036
to throw stones · verb — aorist active infinitive
them
αὐτούς,autous
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
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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, s…
2 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 d…
Acts 4:25-29 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Acts 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…
Psalms 2:1-3 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms 83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
Matthew 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 yo…
Luke 6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Acts 14:1-7
In these verses we have,
I. The preaching of the gospel in Iconium, whither the apostles were forced to retire from Antioch. As the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church, so the banishment of the confessors has helped to scatter that seed. Observe, 1. How they made the first offer of the gospel to the Jews in their synagogues; thither they went, not only as to a place of meeting, but as to a place of meeting with them, to whom, wherever they came, they were to apply themselves in the first place. Though the Jews at Antioch had used them barbarously, yet they did not therefore decline preaching the gospel to the Jews at Iconium, who perhaps might be better disposed. Let not tho…
an assault made . . . to stone them--rather here, "an impetuous movement" with a view to stoning them: for in Co2 11:25, Paul says, "Once I was stoned," and that was at Lystra, as expressly related in Act 14:19. (PALEY'S remarks--HorÃ&brvbr PaulinÃ&brvbr--on this singular coincidence between the Epistle and the history are very striking).
fled--(See Mat 10:23).
Adam Clarke on Acts 14:5
An assault made - Ὁρμη, A desperate attempt was made by their rulers, i.e. by the heathen rulers of the people, and the rulers of the synagogue.
To use them despitefully - To expose them, bring them into contempt, and make them appear as monsters, or movers of sedition; and then to stone them for this falsely alleged crime.
John Gill on Acts 14:5
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.
John Calvin
The Church Fathers
They went away into the country, not into the cities only. Observe both the simplicity of the Gentiles, and the malignity of the Jews. By their actions they showed that they were worthy to hear: they so honored them from the miracles only. The one sort honored them as gods, the other persecuted them as pestilent fellows: and those not only did not take offence at the preaching.
"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, they were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: and there they preached the Gospel." Again, as if they purposely wished to extend the preaching after it was increased, they once more sent them out. See on all occasions the persecutions working great good, and defeating the persecutors, and making the persecuted illustrious. For having come to Lystra, he works a great miracle, by raising the lame man.
"And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers," etc. When the people in the uproar that had been stirred up in Iconium tried to kill Paul and Barnabas, they fled to Lystra and Derbe and other regions of Lycaonia, and all the people there were converted to the Christian religion. In Lystra lay a certain man impotent in his feet from his mother's womb, to whom Paul, looking upon him, enjoined with a loud voice in front of everyone, in the name of Jesus Christ: "Stand on thy feet a healthy man." When the crowd in Lycaonia saw this, thinking that they were not men, but gods, they hastened to offer them sacrifices of cattle in their ancestral manner. Then Barnabas and Paul, rending their clothes, affirmed in every way that they were mortals like them, but that it was the Lord Christ who performed those things by his power, he who made the heaven, and the earth, and all things that are contained within their circumference. Calmed by means of this speech, the people were scarce stopped from the sacrifice that they had intended.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Lystra — A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven by persecution from Iconium (Acts 14:2-7). Here also he…
Punishments — The earliest theory of punishment current among mankind is doubtless the one of simple retaliation, “blood for blood.” Viewed historically, the first case of punishment for crime mentioned in…
Barnabas · Goes with Paul to Iconium — Goes with Paul to Iconium
Iconium · Paul is persecuted by the people of — Paul is persecuted by the people of
Persecution · Spirit of — Exemplified: Gentiles — Spirit of — Exemplified: Gentiles
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
on Acts 14:5-10
Acts 14:5-10
5. And when there was an assault made of the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, to do them violence, and to stone them, 6. When they knew the matter, they fled into cities of Lycaonia, to Lystra and Derbe, and to the country lying nigh there about on every side: 7. And there they preached the gospel. 8. And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, who had been lame from his mother's womb, neither had he ever walked. 9. This man heard Paul speak: who, beholding him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed, 10. Said with a loud voice, Arise upright upon thy feet. And he leapt up and walked.
5. Mark how far forth the holy champions of Christ did suff…
The apostolic message required a decision about belief in Jesus, and opinion was clearly split. • Paul and Barnabas are called apostles for the first time (also in 14:14), extending the idea of apostleship beyond the Twelve. Their message was in continuity with that of the original apostles, and they were prepared to suffer hardship and persecution for it as the earlier apostles had done (5:41; 14:19; 20:24; 21:13-14; see also Rom 8:35-38; 2 Cor 4:8-17).
