Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 14:14
They sprang in among the people, crying out — As in a fire, or other sudden and great danger.
They sprang in among the people, crying out — As in a fire, or other sudden and great danger.
ACTS 14:14 oi` avpo,stoloi Weiss thinks that the omission of oi` avpo,stoloi (D itgig, h syrp) may have been deliberate because offense was taken at the extension of the title to Barnabas, who, moreo...
WHICH, WHEN THE APOSTLES - Barnabas is called an apostle because he was sent forth by the church on a particular message (Acts 13:3; compare Acts 14:26), not because he had been chosen to the special...
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...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
There was a man who sat in Lystra who had no power in his feet. He had been a cripple from his birth and he had never walked. He was in the habit of listening to Paul speaking. Paul fixed his gaze on...
WHICH WHEN, &C. = But the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, having heard. RENT. Compare Matthew 26:65. RAN IN. rushed in. Greek. _eiapedao._ Only here and Acts 16:29. The texts read _ekpedao,_ rushed out...
_Which when the apostles … heard of_ As they did first from the clamour and excitement of the would-be worshippers. _ran in among the people_(multitude)] The best MSS. read "sprang forth among the mul...
ἘΞΕΠΉΔΗΣΑΝ for εἰσεπήδησαν with אABCDE. _Vulg_. ‘exsilierunt.’ 14. ἈΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ ΔΈ, _but when they heard_. As they did first from the clamour and excitement of the would-be worshippers. ἘΞΕΠΉΔΗΣΑΝ, _th...
CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS GODS....
_PAUL AND BARNABAS IN LYSTRA ACTS 14:8-17:_ At Lystra the apostles healed a lame man. He had never walked. This miracle was very much like the one in Acts 3:1-26. The man listened to the preaching. As...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 14:9. ΔΙΑΡΡΉΞΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΔΙΑΡΡΉΓΝΥΜΙ (G1284) разрывать надвое. Это значит, что они услышали богохульство (Barrett; Μ, Sanh. 7:5). Temp, и...
IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20. a. General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....
14-18. Nothing could have been more unexpected or more painful to the humble missionaries, than a demonstration of this kind. The purpose of the priest and the crowd with him was, doubtless, communica...
Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, [WHICH] WHEN THE APOSTLES, BARNABAS AND PAUL, HEARD OF. Here the name of Barn...
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...
RENT THEIR CLOTHES] in horror at the blasphemy: cp. Matthew 26:65. RAN IN] RV 'sprang forth.'...
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...
WHICH WHEN THE APOSTLES, BARNABAS AND PAUL, HEARD OF. — They were, we may believe, in the house, within the court-yard, and therefore did not see the sacrificial procession; but they heard the noise o...
ἀκούσ.: how, we are not told; whether, as Blass supposes, they had returned to their lodgings, and hurried forth to the city gates when they heard what was going on, or whether, later in the day, they...
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...
Idolatry Confronted at Lystra Paul and Barnabas next arrived at Lystra, some 18 miles to the east. There was apparently no synagogue there, but there was a man who had been crippled since birth and ha...
_We also are mortals. The enraptured people wished to pay divine homage, Greek: thoein, to the apostles, and therefore they indignantly reject the proffered honours. The Catholic Church has but one ex...
PAUL AND BARNABAS ARE TAKEN FOR GRECIAN GODS 11-18. All nations at the time of our Savior's advent were on tiptoe expecting a divine messenger from heaven to teach them the way of salvation. Hence the...
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. (12) And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;...
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...
_EXPEDIENCY OR PRINCIPLE_ ‘Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things?’ Acts 14:...
− 14._When the apostles had heard. _In that Paul and Barnabas rent their garments, and leapt into the midst of the multitude, it appeareth thereby how zealous they were for the glory of God; [no;] bei...
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...
WHICH WHEN THE APOSTLES BARNABAS AND PAUL HEARD OF,.... As they quickly did, such a multitude being about the doors of the house, where they were: it may be observed, that Barnabas is here called an a...
_Which_ when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard _of_, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, Ver. 14. _They rent off their clothes_] In token of their holy indignation...
_Then the priest of Jupiter_ Who was esteemed the tutelar deity of that place, and whose statue stood just without the gate; _brought oxen_, or _bulls_ rather, _and garlands_ To put on the victims; th...
RENT THEIR CLOTHES; in token of their abhorrence of such sacrifices....
The horrified speech of Paul:...
WHICH WHEN THE APOSTLES, BARNABAS AND PAUL, HEARD OF, THEY RENT THEIR CLOTHES, AND RAN IN AMONG THE PEOPLE, CRYING OUT,...
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...
BUT WHEN THE APOSTLES BARNABAS AND PAUL HEARD THIS, THEY TORE THEIR CLOTHES AND RAN IN AMONG THE MULTITUDE, CRYING OUT 1. APOSTLES - Barnabas and Paul and BOTH called "apostles." The word simply mean...
As soon as Paul and Barnabas hear what is planned they immediately tore their robes as an expression of abhorrence. "Since it was in the Lycaonian language that the people shouted out their belief tha...
8-18 All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the domin...
THEY RENT THEIR CLOTHES; which was a sign of their greatest detestation of, and sorrow for, such abominations. AND RAN IN AMONG THE PEOPLE, CRYING OUT; expressing their greatest zeal for the glory of...
14-18. Nothing could have been more unexpected or more painful to the humble missionaries, than a demonstration of this kind. The purpose of the priest and the crowd with him was, doubtless, communica...
Acts 14:14 when G1161 apostles G652 Barnabas G921 and G2532 Paul G3972 heard G191 (G5660) tore G1284 ...
‘But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the large crowd, crying out and saying, “Sirs, why do you do these things?' Once Barnabas and P...
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 14:14. WHICH WHEN THE APOSTLES, BARNABAS AND PAUL, HEARD OF. In this place, and also in Acts 14:4 of this chapter, Paul and Barnabas are styled apostles. These two distinguished and devoted men,...
HAVING HEARD (ακουσαντες). Such elaborate preparation "with the multitudes" (συν τοις οχλοις) spread rumours and some who spoke Greek told Paul and Barnabas. It is possible that the priest of Jupite...
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...
THEY TORE THEIR CLOTHES. This was a symbol of grief, anger, and horror. Compare Matthew 26:65. WE ARE JUST MEN. This shows their complete commitment to _truth_! They would not permit themselves to be...
_And there sat a certain man at Lystra._ PAUL AND BARNABAS IN LYSTRA I. The incident. 1. The case of the cripple resembles that of the man at the gate Beautiful; and a particular statement of it is...
_And it came to pass in Iconium._ ICONIUM A considerable city of Asia Minor, generally considered as belonging to Lycaonia. It lay in a fertile plain at the foot of Taurus, on the great line of commu...
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. ⇐...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:14 WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH. Since the Lystrans believed in many gods, it was necessary to begin with the basic message that the Israelite God is the Creator of all that...
_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 9:5; 1 Corinthians 9:6; 2 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:1;...
Ran in [ε ι σ ε π η δ η σ α ν]. A feeble translation, even if this reading is retained. The verb means to leap or spring. The best texts read ejxephdhsan, sprang forth, probably from the gate of their...
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...