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Selected Verse: Acts 14:14 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 14:14 |
King James |
Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
when . . . Barnabas and Paul heard--Barnabas is put first here, apparently as having been styled the "Jupiter" of the company.
they rent their clothes and ran in--rather (according to the true reading), "ran forth."
among the people, crying out . . . Sirs, why do ye these things?--This was something more than that abhorrence of idolatry which took possession of the Jews as a nation from the time of the Babylonish captivity: it was that delicate sensibility to everything which affects the honor of God which Christianity, giving us in God a reconciled Father, alone can produce; making the Christian instinctively feel himself to be wounded in all dishonor done to God, and filling him with mingled horror and grief when such gross insults as this are offered to him. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Which, when the apostles - Barnabas is called an apostle because he was sent forth by the church on a particular message (Act 13:3; compare Act 14:26), not because he had been chosen to the special work of the apostleship - to Dear witness to the life and resurrection of Christ. See the notes on Act 1:22.
They rent their clothes - As an expression of their abhorrence of what the people were doing, and of their deep grief that they should thus debase themselves by offering worship to human beings. See the notes on Mat 26:65. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Ran in (εἰσεπήδησαν)
A feeble translation, even if this reading is retained. The verb means to leap or spring. The best texts read ἐξεπήδησαν, sprang forth, probably from the gate of their house, or from the city gate, if the sacrifice was prepared in front of it.
Crying out (κράζοντες)
Inarticulate shouts to attract attention. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They sprang in among the people, crying out - As in a fire, or other sudden and great danger. |
65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.