Acts 14:19

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 Antioch. This is not Antioch of Syria (from which Paul and Barnabas began their trip) but Antioch of Pisidia.

2. The Jews were still angry at Paul. See Acts 13:45.

3. They stirred up the people against Paul. How quickly the tide can turn.

1. The same people that could not be restrained from making them gods are now against them to the point of preparing to kill them.

2. There is a similar turn in the people of Jerusalem. One day they declare that Jesus is Hosanna. "Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord." (Matthew 21:9) A week later they cry, "Crucify Him."

4. They stoned Paul. People do not survive stoning. They would not just toss some rocks until the person was knocked down or even knocked out. They were throw until they KNEW he was dead.

5. When they stopped - Paul was dead.

1. Paul mentions this in 2 Corinthians 11:25.

2. Adam Clarke says, "They did not leave stoning him till they had the fullest evidence that he was dead; and so, most probably, he was."