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Actes 14:14

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14 Les apôtres Barnabas et Paul, ayant appris cela, déchirèrent leurs vêtements, et se précipitèrent au milieu de la foule,

Actes 14:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 14:14

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 apostle, as in ( Acts 14:4 ) and is placed before Paul, not as being greater than he, but because of the opinion these Heathens had of him: they rent their clothes; as the Jews did, and were obliged to do, when they heard any blasphemy; (See Gill on Matthew 26:65).

And ran in among the people;
in great haste, showing great concern of mind, and much indignation and resentment, at what they were about to do:

crying out;
aloud, and with great vehemence, that all might hear, and to express the greater dislike of the action.

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Actes 14:14 In-Context

12 Ils appelaient Barnabas Jupiter, et Paul Mercure, parce que c'était lui qui portait la parole.
13 Le prêtre de Jupiter, dont le temple était à l'entrée de la ville, amena des taureaux avec des bandelettes vers les portes, et voulait, de même que la foule, offrir un sacrifice.
14 Les apôtres Barnabas et Paul, ayant appris cela, déchirèrent leurs vêtements, et se précipitèrent au milieu de la foule,
15 en s'écriant: O hommes, pourquoi agissez-vous de la sorte? Nous aussi, nous sommes des hommes de la même nature que vous; et, vous apportant une bonne nouvelle, nous vous exhortons à renoncer à ces choses vaines, pour vous tourner vers le Dieu vivant, qui a fait le ciel, la terre, la mer, et tout ce qui s'y trouve.
16 Ce Dieu, dans les âges passés, a laissé toutes les nations suivre leurs propres voies,
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