Acts 14:5

When both Gentiles and Jews attempted to persuade their leaders to mistreat and stone Paul and Barnabas,

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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,

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4But the majority of the city was divided: some people sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in turmoil, 1 and why do the peoples make plots that will fail? 1

Matthew 5:44But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, + 5:44 The best ancient copies omit Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you .

Acts 4:25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David, 1 'Why did the Gentile nations rage, 1 and the peoples imagine useless things?'

Acts 17:5But the unbelieving Jews, being moved with jealousy, took certain wicked men from the marketplace, gathered a crowd together, and set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they wanted to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.

Matthew Henry on Acts 14:2-8

Paul at Iconium. 1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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