Acts 14:4
New International Version
The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.

New Living Translation
But the people of the town were divided in their opinion about them. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

English Standard Version
But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.

Berean Standard Bible
The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

Berean Literal Bible
Now the multitude of the city was divided, and indeed some were with the Jews, but some with the apostles.

King James Bible
But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

New King James Version
But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

New American Standard Bible
But the people of the city were divided; and some sided with the Jews, while others, with the apostles.

NASB 1995
But the people of the city were divided; and some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

NASB 1977
But the multitude of the city was divided; and some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Legacy Standard Bible
But the multitude of the city was divided; and some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Amplified Bible
But the people of the city were divided; some were siding with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Christian Standard Bible
But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles.

American Standard Version
But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the whole multitude of the city was divided; some of them were with the Jews and some of them were joined to the Apostles.

Contemporary English Version
The people of Iconium did not know what to think. Some of them believed the Jewish group, and others believed the apostles.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the multitude of the city was divided; and some of them indeed held with the Jews, but some with the apostles.

English Revised Version
But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But the people of Iconium were divided. Some were for the Jews, while others were for the apostles.

Good News Translation
The people of the city were divided: some were for the Jews, others for the apostles.

International Standard Version
But the people of the city were divided. Some were with the Jews, while others were with the apostles.

Literal Standard Version
And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles,

Majority Standard Bible
The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

New American Bible
The people of the city were divided: some were with the Jews; others, with the apostles.

NET Bible
But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

New Revised Standard Version
But the residents of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

New Heart English Bible
But the population of the city was divided. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

Weymouth New Testament
At length the people of the city split into parties, some siding with the Jews and some with the Apostles.

World English Bible
But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews and part with the apostles.

Young's Literal Translation
And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles,

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Context
Paul and Barnabas at Iconium
3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders. 4 The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles. 5But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,…

Cross References
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

Acts 13:50
The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

Acts 14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

Acts 14:5
But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,

Acts 14:14
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

Acts 14:19
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

Acts 17:4
Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.


Treasury of Scripture

But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

the multitude.

Micah 7:6
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

Matthew 10:34-36
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword…

Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

part.

Acts 28:24
And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.

apostles.

Acts 14:14
Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

Acts 13:2
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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Acts 14
1. Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from Iconium.
8. At Lystra Paul heals a cripple, whereupon they are reputed as gods.
19. Paul is stoned.
21. They pass through various churches, confirming the disciples in faith and patience.
26. Returning to Antioch, they report what God had done with them.














(4) The multitude of the city was divided.--The context shows that St. Luke writes of the bulk of the heathen population. No numbers are given, but we may fairly assume that the converts were in a minority, and that they belonged, as a rule, to the lower classes (1Corinthians 1:26-27), and that the chief men and women of the city, as at the Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:50), were against them. The "rulers" who are named would seem, from the form of punishment selected, to have been those of the Jewish synagogue, and the crime of which the preachers were accused, as in the case of Stephen, to have been blasphemy. (See Notes on Acts 7:58; John 10:31.)

Verse 4. - Was divided (ἐσχίσθη); hence σχίσμα a schism (see John 7:43; John 9:16; John 10:19; 1 Corinthians 1:10).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people
πλῆθος (plēthos)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4128: A multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage. From pletho; a fulness, i.e. A large number, throng, populace.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

city
πόλεως (poleōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

were divided.
Ἐσχίσθη (Eschisthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4977: To rend, divide asunder, cleave. Apparently a primary verb; to split or sever.

[Some]
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sided
ἦσαν (ēsan)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

with
σὺν (syn)
Preposition
Strong's 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.

the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Jews,
Ἰουδαίοις (Ioudaiois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[others]
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

with
σὺν (syn)
Preposition
Strong's 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.

the
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

apostles.
ἀποστόλοις (apostolois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 652: From apostello; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ.


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