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Acts 14:19-23
The return Journey to Syria.
Mob violence in Lystra and the Gospel in Derbe:
The return Journey to Syria.
Mob violence in Lystra and the Gospel in Derbe:
ACTS 14:19 evph/lqan de. … kai. pei,santej tou.j o;clouj In the Western text the abruptness of the transition to a new scene is softened by the insertion of a circumstantial clause, which is followed...
Verse Acts 14:19. _THERE CAME THITHER_ CERTAIN _JEWS FROM ANTIOCH_] Those were, no doubt, the same who had raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, at Iconium and Antioch, before: they follow...
AND THERE CAME THITHER CERTAIN JEWS - Not satisfied with having expelled them from Antioch and Iconium, they still pursued them. Persecutors often exhibit a zeal and perseverance in a bad cause which...
CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts 14:1)._ 2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7). 3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Act...
LYSTRA. Lystra, 25 miles SW. of Iconium, 10 miles off the trade route, in a secluded glen. Lystra and Derbe were the two cities of the Lycaonian region of Galatia; Roman influence was strong there, an...
There came certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium. They won over the crowds and they stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, for they thought he was dead. While the disciples stood in a circle ro...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
AND. But. WHO PERSUADED. and having persuaded. Greek. _peitho._ App-150. STONED. Compare 2 Corinthians 11:25. DREW. dragged. Greek. _suro._ See note on John 21:8. OUT OF. outside. Greek. _exo._ SU...
Change of feeling in the multitude. Paul is stoned. The Apostles visit Derbe, and then return, by the route by which they came, to Antioch in Syria 19. _certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium_ Their an...
ἈΠῸ ἈΝΤΙΟΧΕΊΑΣ ΚΑῚ ἸΚΟΝΊΟΥ ἸΟΥΔΑΙ͂ΟΙ, _certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium_. Their anger, like that of ‘the circumcision’ in Jerusalem, was roused against the Apostles, whom they knew to be born Jew...
CHANGE OF FEELING IN THE MULTITUDE. PAUL IS STONED. THE APOSTLES VISIT DERBE, AND THEN RETURN, BY THE ROUTE BY WHICH THEY CAME, TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA...
_PAUL IS STONED FOR PREACHING CHRIST ACTS 14:18-20:_ The things they said concerning themselves, and concerning the living God, His creation of all things, His goodness toward men barely kept the peop...
ΕΠΉΛΘΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1904) приходить, сходиться, ΠΕΊΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ (G3982) убеждать, переманивать на свою сторону (Barrett). ΛΙΘΆΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part....
HAVING STONED PAUL, DREW HIM OUT, &C.— The remarkable humility wherewith the apostles behaved, in so uncommon an instance of popular applause as that above related, plainlyshewed by what Spirit they w...
IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20. a. General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....
19. This state of suspense was most favorable to the acceptance of Paul's own explanation of his miraculous power, and consequently to their belief of the gospel; and we can not doubt that some of the...
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. AND - rather, 'But' [ de (G116...
6 Lystra seems to be the first place Paul preached without first proclaiming to the Jews in the synagogue, for it seems that there were not enough Jews to have a place of worship. Hence this is the fi...
FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are wrought in confirmatio...
PERSUADED THE PEOPLE] The fickleness of the Lycaonians is reflected on by more than one Greek author, and perhaps St. Paul alludes to it in the Epistle to the Galatians (Galatians 1:6; Galatians 3:1;...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM, 14:1-7 V1 What happened in Pisidian Antioch also happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the *synagogue...
THERE CAME THITHER CERTAIN JEWS FROM ANTIOCH. — The context shows that the Pisidian Antioch is meant. The strength of the hostility is shown by the facts, (1) that the Jews of the two cities were acti...
ἐπῆλθον δὲ : on readings to account for the interval see critical notes. Nothing in the narrative forbids some kind of interval, whilst nothing is said as to its duration. Ἰουδαῖοι : a proof of their...
ESTABLISHING THE NEW BELIEVERS Acts 14:14-28 In Paul's address we have distinct anticipations of the early Chapter s of the Epistle to the Romans. How fickle a mob is! Now, enthusiastic loyalty; aga...
In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...
Though Stoned, Paul Continues Preaching! The hostile Jews from Antioch in Pisidia and Iconium soon came to Lystra and persuaded the people to stone Paul. They dragged his seemingly lifeless body outsi...
(6) 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. (6) The devil, when he i...
PAUL'S MARTYRDOM 19, 20. Behold the fickle caprice of frail mortality, which has been verified in all ages and nations! Now they are all clamorous to worship the apostles for gods. In one short hour t...
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. (20) Howbeit, as the disciples st...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
− 19._There came. _Paul and Barnabas can hardly stay the people from doing sacrifice; but a company of knaves do, with small ado, persuade them to stone Paul, whom of late they made a god. Whereby app...
Their missionary labours continue in Iconium with the same opposition from the Jews who, incapable themselves of the work, stir up the Gentiles against those who are performing it. As long as it was o...
AND THERE CAME THITHER CERTAIN JEWS,.... Either just at the same time, or however whilst the apostles were in this city: in four manuscripts of Beza's, and in some other copies, it is read, "as they a...
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. Ver. 19. _And there came thi...
_There came_, &c. The sacred historian now proceeds to give us a remarkable instance of the fickleness of the multitude. Soon after Paul and Barnabas had put a stop to that undue respect which the peo...
PERSUADED THE PEOPLE; persuaded them that Paul and Barnabas were bad men, and deceivers....
Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gosp...
THEN JEWS FROM ANTIOCH AND ICONIUM CAME THERE; AND HAVING PERSUADED THE MULTITUDES, THEY STONED PAUL _AND_ DRAGGED _HIM_ OUT OF THE CITY, SUPPOSING HIM TO BE DEAD. 1. Trouble arrives - Jews from Anti...
Not satisfied with running Paul out of Iconium, unbelieving Jews travel 100 miles in order to continue their opposition. "Having won over the multitudes" Here we see how fickle men can be. "What. stri...
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 gr...
CERTAIN JEWS; such as mention was made of, ACTS 13:50. PERSUADED THE PEOPLE; a strange and incredible fickleness; but that we know how the same multitude who cried _Hosanna, _ did more suddenly alter...
19. This state of suspense was most favorable to the acceptance of Paul's own explanation of his miraculous power, and consequently to their belief of the gospel; and we can not doubt that some of the...
Acts 14:19 Then G1161 Jews G2453 from G575 Antioch G490 and G2532 Iconium G2430 there G1904 (G5627) and...
‘But there came there Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the large crowds, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.' The impression given is that...
THE MINISTRY AT LYSTRA (14:8-20A). A description is now given of the rather colourful events that occurred during their ministry in Lystra. These are on top of the fact that they proclaimed the Good N...
Acts 14:19. AND THERE CAME THITHER CERTAIN JEWS FROM ANTIOCH. With rare exceptions, the Jews stirred up every persecution suffered by Paul. The stubborn jealousy of the race felt that in Paul they had...
BUT THERE CAME THITHER JEWS FROM ANTIOCH AND ICONIUM (Επηλθαν δε απο Αντιοχειας κα Ικονιου Ιουδαιο). Came to or upon them, επηλθαν, second aorist (ingressive) indicative of επερχομα. Whether news of...
CONTENTS: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupit...
Acts 14:1. _It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the jews._ St. Luke makes here a great leap, and is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This great...
SOME JEWS CAME FROM ANTIOCH. Some think Paul's "thorn in the flesh" refers to these Jews. [compare Numbers 33:55_:_ Joshua 23:13; 2 Timothy 4:14-17.] The Lystrans, frustrated because they were not per...
_And there came thither certain Jews … Who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city._ THE FICKLENESS OF THE LYSTRIANS It would not be difficult to find a parallel to th...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:19 ICONIUM and ANTIOCH were more than 100 miles (161 km) distant by road. ⇐...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:8 Lystra was populated mainly by Gentiles and had no synagogue. The ministry of Paul and Barnabas there centered around the healing of a lame man. ⇐...
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:8_ Paul and Barnabas at Lystra; or, the Gospel among Barbarians I. THE MIRACLE AT LYSTRA.— 1. The _subject_. “A certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his...
EXPOSITION ACTS 14:1 _Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and _for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found attending the s...
Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey. Th...
1 Corinthians 15:31; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 4:10;...
Stoned. See on ver. 5....
PREACHING BY THE WAY Acts 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open the 14th chapter of Acts, we find Paul and Barnabas still traveling together and entering into Iconium. It is our purpose today to cover...
Who persuaded the multitude — Moved with equal ease either to adore or murder him....
Note here, 1. The ill requital St. Paul had for his excellent discourse to these blasphemous idolators: THEY STONED HIM TO DEATH, in their own apprehension. The sharpest and keenest edge of persecutio...