Acts 14:5

5 And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them contumeliously 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 A long time therefore they abode there, dealing confidently in the Lord, who gave testimony to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

4 And the multitude of the city was divided. And some of them indeed held with the Jews, but some with the apostles.

5 And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them contumeliously and to stone them:

6 They, understanding it, fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the whole country round about:

7 (14-6) and were there preaching the gospel.