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Revised Standard Version

Acts 14:14

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude, crying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Barnabas;   Homage;   Integrity;   Lycaonia;   Lystra;   Minister, Christian;   Mourning;   Paul;   Rending;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Clothes Rent;   Clothing;   Dead, the;   Joy-Sorrow;   Missions, World-Wide;   Mourning;   Rending of Clothes;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Idolatry;   Turning;   Vanity;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Church;   Dress;   Evangelist;   Galatians, letter to the;   Lystra;   Mission;   Paul;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apostle;   Mission;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Andronicus;   Barnabas;   Iconium;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Apostles;   Disciples;   Gestures;   Gods, Pagan;   Lycaonia;   Number Systems and Number Symbolism;   Rending of Garments;   Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acts of the Apostles;   Apostles;   Barnabas;   Canon of the New Testament;   Church Government;   Gestures;   Messiah;   Ministry;   Tongues, Gift of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Apostle;   Brethren of the Lord (2);   Clothes;   Galatia ;   Galatians Epistle to the;   Garlands ;   James ;   Ordination;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Lystra ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Iconium;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apostle;   Lycaonia;   Lystra;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Andronicus;   Apostle;   Barnabas;   Catechist;   Church;   Gesture;   Ministry;   Spiritual Gifts;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Barnabas, Joses;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 23;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting:
King James Version (1611)
Which when the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ranne in among the people, crying out,
King James Version
Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
English Standard Version
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,
New American Standard Bible
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
New Century Version
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes. They ran in among the people, shouting,
Amplified Bible
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
Legacy Standard Bible
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
Berean Standard Bible
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
Contemporary English Version
When the two apostles found out about this, they tore their clothes in horror and ran to the crowd, shouting:
Complete Jewish Bible
When the emissaries Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul heard of it, they tore their clothes and ran into the crowd, shouting,
Darby Translation
But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having heard [it], rent their garments, and rushed out to the crowd, crying
Easy-to-Read Version
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, understood what the people were doing, they tore their own clothes. Then they ran in among the people and shouted to them:
Geneva Bible (1587)
But when the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard it, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying,
George Lamsa Translation
When Bar''na-bas and Paul heard of this, they rent their clothes, and leaped to their feet and went out to the crowd, crying out
Good News Translation
When Barnabas and Paul heard what they were about to do, they tore their clothes and ran into the middle of the crowd, shouting,
Lexham English Bible
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothing and rushed out into the crowd, shouting
Literal Translation
But Paul and Barnabas, the apostles, hearing, tearing their garments, they sprang into the crowd, crying out,
American Standard Version
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out
Bible in Basic English
But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,
Hebrew Names Version
But when the apostles, Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
International Standard Version
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,Matthew 26:65;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But Bar Naba and Paulos, when they heard, rent their garments, and sprang up, and came out to the crowd. And they cried,
Murdock Translation
But Barnabas and Paul, when they heard [fn] , rent their garments, and sprang and went among the throng,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Which when the Apostles, Barnabas & Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying,
English Revised Version
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out
World English Bible
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard it, they rent their clothes and sprang in among the people, crying out and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things?
Weymouth's New Testament
But the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it; and tearing their clothes they rushed out into the middle of the crowd, exclaiming, "Sirs, why are you doing all this?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the apostlis Barnabas and Poul herden this, thei to-renten her cootis; and thei skipten out among the puple,
Update Bible Version
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out
Webster's Bible Translation
[Which], when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard [of], they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
New English Translation
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
New King James Version
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out
New Living Translation
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard what was happening, they tore their clothing in dismay and ran out among the people, shouting,
New Life Bible
When Paul and Barnabas heard this, they ran among the people. They tore their clothes and cried out,
New Revised Standard
When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, hearing of it, rending asunder their own mantles, sprang forward amidst the multitude, crying aloud,
Douay-Rheims Bible
(14-13) Which, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul had heard, rending their clothes, they leaped out among the people, crying,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But when the Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and ran in amonge the people cryinge
Young's Literal Translation
and having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their garments, did spring into the multitude, crying
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan ye Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that, they rent their clothes, and ranne in amonge the people, cryenge
Mace New Testament (1729)
but Paul and Barnabas being appriz'd of it, tore their clothes, and throwing themselves among the crowd,
THE MESSAGE
When Barnabas and Paul finally realized what was going on, they stopped them. Waving their arms, they interrupted the parade, calling out, "What do you think you're doing! We're not gods! We are men just like you, and we're here to bring you the Message, to persuade you to abandon these silly god-superstitions and embrace God himself, the living God. We don't make God; he makes us, and all of this—sky, earth, sea, and everything in them.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But when the cowboys, Paul and Barnabas, realized what was happening, they tore their hats from their heads, threw them down, and said,

Contextual Overview

8 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting, who could not use his feet; he was a cripple from birth, who had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking; and Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well, 10 said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sprang up and walked. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycao'nian, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, because he was the chief speaker, they called Hermes. 13 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the people. 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out among the multitude, crying, 15 "Men, why are you doing this? We also are men, of like nature with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways; 17 yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the apostles: Acts 14:4, 1 Corinthians 9:5, 1 Corinthians 9:6

they: 2 Kings 5:7, 2 Kings 18:37, 2 Kings 19:1, 2 Kings 19:2, Ezra 9:3-5, Jeremiah 36:24, Matthew 26:65

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:29 - he rent Genesis 37:34 - General Genesis 41:16 - It is not Joshua 7:6 - rent 2 Samuel 1:11 - rent Esther 4:1 - rent Mark 14:63 - his Acts 10:26 - Stand Acts 12:23 - because Acts 19:30 - Paul

Cross-References

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sar'ai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions which they had gathered, and the persons that they had gotten in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan,
Genesis 12:16
And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels.
Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are kinsmen.
Genesis 14:1
In the days of Am'raphel king of Shinar, Ar'ioch king of Ella'sar, Ched-or-lao'mer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goi'im,
Genesis 14:2
these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomor'rah, Shinab king of Admah, Sheme'ber king of Zeboi'im, and the king of Bela (that is, Zo'ar).
Genesis 14:3
And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year Ched-or-lao'mer and the kings who were with him came and subdued the Reph'aim in Ash'teroth-karna'im, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Sha'veh-kiriatha'im,
Genesis 14:11
So the enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomor'rah, and all their provisions, and went their way;
Genesis 14:12
they also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, "Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of,.... As they quickly did, such a multitude being about the doors of the house, where they were: it may be observed, that Barnabas is here called an apostle, as in Acts 14:4 and is placed before Paul, not as being greater than he, but because of the opinion these Heathens had of him: they rent their clothes; as the Jews did, and were obliged to do, when they heard any blasphemy; Acts 14:4- :.

And ran in among the people; in great haste, showing great concern of mind, and much indignation and resentment, at what they were about to do:

crying out; aloud, and with great vehemence, that all might hear, and to express the greater dislike of the action.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which, when the apostles - Barnabas is called an apostle because he was sent forth by the church on a particular message (Acts 13:3; compare Acts 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 Acts 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 Matthew 26:65.


 
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