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Postulasagan 14:5
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
when: Acts 4:25-29, Acts 17:5, Psalms 2:1-3, Psalms 83:5, 2 Timothy 3:11
despitefully: Matthew 5:44, Luke 6:28
Reciprocal: Matthew 10:17 - beware Mark 3:7 - Jesus Acts 9:24 - their Acts 16:19 - they Acts 20:19 - by the Acts 21:27 - stirred Acts 23:21 - for Acts 26:17 - Delivering 2 Corinthians 11:25 - once 2 Corinthians 11:26 - in perils by the 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - Forbidding 2 Timothy 1:12 - the which
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
An assault made - Greek: a “rush” - ὁρμή hormē. It denotes “an impetuous excitement and aggression; a rush to put them to death.” It rather describes a popular tumult than a calm and deliberate purpose. There was a violent, tumultuous excitement.
Both of the Gentiles ... - Of that part of them which was opposed to the apostles.
To use them despitefully - See the notes on Matthew 5:44. To reproach them; to bring contempt upon them; to injure them.
And to stone them - To put them to death by stoning; probably as blasphemers, Acts 7:57-59.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 14:5. An assault made — ορμη, A desperate attempt was made by their rulers, i.e. by the heathen rulers of the people, and the rulers of the synagogue.
To use them despitefully — To expose them, bring them into contempt, and make them appear as monsters, or movers of sedition; and then to stone them for this falsely alleged crime.
