Acts 14:14

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 hurried from the city to the temple when they heard of the approaching sacrifice, we do not know, and a better knowledge of the localities would no doubt make many points clearer. The crowd who had seen the miracle, Acts 14:11, would naturally be eager to follow the priest to the sacrifice, σὺν τοῖς ὄχλοις, Acts 14:13. διαῤῥήξαντες : in token of distress and horror, cf. Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37:34; Joshua 7:6; Matthew 26:65; frequently in LXX, and several times in 1 Macc. εἰσεπήδησαν : Acts 16:29, see critical notes.