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Andδὲwhenὡςthere wasἐγένετοan attemptὁρμὴby bothτεthe nationsτῶν ἐθνῶνandκαὶthe Jews,Ἰουδαίωνwithσὺνtheir rulers,τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτῶνto abuseὑβρίσαιandκαὶstoneλιθοβολῆσαιthem,αὐτούς
Acts 14:5
Study it in the app“And when there was an attempt by both the nations and the Jews, with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 14:5, word by word
- there wasἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- an attemptὁρμὴhormē
assault
A violent rush against someone.
Where else “hormē” appears- the nationsἐθνῶνethnōn
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appears- the JewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōn
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- their rulersἄρχουσινarchousin
ruler
Someone in command: a ruler, a judge or the one presiding over a synagogue.
Where else “archousin” appears- to abuseὑβρίσαιhybrisai
mistreat, insult
Mistreat, insult, treat with outrage.
Where else “hybrisai” appears- stoneλιθοβολῆσαιlithobolēsai
stone
Stone someone, kill or attack by throwing stones.
Where else “lithobolēsai” appears
The context
4But the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
5 · This verse (above)
6they learned of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;
To study Acts 14 in a group
1. What it says
In Lystra, what does Paul do for the man who had never walked, and how does the crowd react? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Why do Paul and Barnabas refuse to be treated as gods, and what do they say about themselves? (vv. 14-15)
3. How I live it
Paul and Barnabas encouraged the disciples to stay firm through hardship (v. 22). How can you encourage someone going through a hard time?