Acts 14:19

But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

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WEBBE

But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

BSB

Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

KJV

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.

ASV

But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

BBE

But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

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Ἐπῆλθαν Epēlthan Came G1904 δὲ de however G1161 ἀπὸ apo from G575 Ἀντιοχείας Antiocheias Antioch G490 καὶ kai and G2532 Ἰκονίου Ikoniou Iconium G2430 Ἰουδαῖοι Ioudaioi Jews G2453 καὶ kai and G2532 πείσαντες peisantes having persuaded G3982 τοὺς tous the G3588 ὄχλους ochlous crowds G3793 καὶ kai and G2532 λιθάσαντες lithasantes having stoned G3034 τὸν ton (the) G3588 Παῦλον Paulon Paul G3972 ἔσυρον esuron they were dragging [him] G4951 ἔξω exō outside G1854 τῆς tēs the G3588 πόλεως poleōs city G4172 νομίζοντες nomizontes supposing G3543 αὐτὸν auton him G846 τεθνηκέναι tethnēkenai to have died G2348

The early church

"But there came," it says, "certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium." Indeed children of the devil, that not in their own cities only, but also beyond them, they did these things, and as much made it their study to make an end of the preaching, as the Apostles were in earnest to establish it! "And having persuaded the multitude and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city." So then, the Gentiles regarded them as gods, but these "dragged" him, "out of the city, supposing he had been dead. Having persuaded the multitude"-for it is not likely that all thus reverenced them. In the very city in which they received this reverence, in the same were they thus terribly ill treated. And this also profited the beholders.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts
"And there came thither certain Jews," etc. O that Jewish madness! Among a people that had so honored the Apostles, they had the hardihood to come, and to stone Paul. "And they dragged him out of the city," being afraid of those others,-"Supposing he had been dead."
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 19–28

See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with great difficulty that men are kept back from evil on one side, so it is with great ease they are persuaded to evil on the other side. If Paul would have been Mercury, he might have been worshipped; but if he will be a faithful minister of Christ, he shall be stoned, and thrown out of the city. Thus men who easily submit to strong delusions, hate to receive the truth in the love of it. All who are converted need to be confirmed in the faith; all who are planted need to be rooted. Ministers' work is to establish saints as well as to awaken sinners. The grace of God, and nothing less, effectually establishes the souls of the disciples. It is true, we must count upon much tribulation, but it is encouragement that we shall not be lost and perish in it. The Person to whose power and grace the converts and the newly-established churches are commended, clearly was the Lord Jesus, "on whom they had believed." It was an act of worship. The praise of all the little good we do at any time, must be ascribed to God; for it is He who not only worketh in us both to will and to do, but also worketh with us to make what we do successful. All who love the Lord Jesus, will rejoice to hear that he has opened the door of faith wide, to those who were strangers to him and to his salvation. And let us, like the apostles, abide with those who know and love the Lord.

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Paul IconiumAntioch (Pisidia)

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