Acts 14:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and stone them,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο ὁρμὴ τῶν Ἐθνῶν τε, καὶ Ἰουδαίων σὺν τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτῶν, ὑβρίσαι, καὶ λιθοβολῆσαι αὐτούς,

Transliteration

Hōs de egeneto hormē of the Ethnōn te, and Ioudaiōn syn the archousin of them, hybrisai, and lithobolēsai them,

Grammar Details

• *Hōs*: subordinating conjunction - when/as
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - occurred/arose
• *hormē*: nominative feminine singular - violent attempt/impulse/rush
• *Ethnōn*: genitive neuter plural - Gentiles/nations
• *te*: connective particle - both/and
• *Ioudaiōn*: genitive masculine plural - Jews
• *syn*: preposition with dative - with/together with
• *archousin*: dative masculine plural - rulers/leaders
• *hybrisai*: aorist active infinitive - to mistreat/insult
• *lithobolēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to stone

Word Meanings

• *Hōs*: when/as/after
• *hormē*: violent attempt/rush/assault/impulse
• *archousin*: rulers/leaders/officials
• *hybrisai*: to mistreat/to insult/to abuse
• *lithobolēsai*: to stone/to pelt with stones

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} when{G5613} there was{G1096} made{G1096} an onset{G3730} both{G5037} of the Gentiles{G1484} and{G2532} of the Jews{G2453} with{G4862} their{G846} rulers,{G758} to treat them shamefully{G5195} and{G2532} to stone{G3036} them,{G846}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} when{G5613} there was{G1096} an assault{G3730} made{G1096}{(G5633)} both{G5037} of the Gentiles{G1484}, and also{G2532} of the Jews{G2453} with{G4862} their{G846} rulers{G758}, to use them despitefully{G5195}{(G5658)}, and{G2532} to stone{G3036}{(G5658)} them{G846},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When ther was a saute made both of the gentyls and also of the Iewes with their rulers to put them to shame and to stone

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of the Heythe and of ye Iewes, and of their rulers, to put them to shame, and to stone the,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and of the Iewes with their rulers, to doe them violence, and to stone them,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when there was an assault made both of the gentiles, and also of the Iewes, with their rulers, to do them violence, and to stone them,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use [them] despitefully, and to stone them,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to use `them' despitefully, and to stone them,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,

• World English Bible (2000)

  When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

Referenced Verses

• Acts 14:19 : 19 Then certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
• Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews who did not believe, moved with envy, took certain troublemakers from the marketplace, and gathered a mob, set all the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
• 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. But out of them all the Lord delivered me.
• Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.
• Ps 83:5 : 5 For they have conspired together with one accord: they are allied against you:
• Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;
• Luke 6:28 : 28 Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.
• Acts 4:25-29 : 25 Who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things? 26 The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ. 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,