Acts 14:5

5 And when an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,

Acts 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 14:5

And when there was an assault made
Or a strong bias and inclination were in the minds,

both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews, with their rulers;
who encouraged them in it:

to use them despitefully, and to stone them;
not only to give them reproachful language, but to smite, buffet, and scourge them, and to stone them for blasphemy, which was a punishment among the Jews for such causes.

Acts 14:5 In-Context

3 So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through them.

4 But the residents of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

5 And when an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,

6 the apostles learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country;

7 and there they continued proclaiming the good news.