Acts 14:5

And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,

Montgomery New Testament

In The 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,

In Context

4But the mass of the city’s people was divided; part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

6the apostles got wind of it, and made their escape to the Lycaonian towns of Derbe and Lystra and the neighboring country.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:44"But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.

Acts 4:25"who saidest through the Holy Spirit, by the lips of thy servant David, our forefather. "Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples form futile plans?

Acts 17:5But the Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill- favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them 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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