Acts 14:5
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There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.
Read Acts 14:5 Using Other Translations
And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,
Then a mob of Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, decided to attack and stone them.
What does Acts 14:5 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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.
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