Acts 14 · Verse 14

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 14:14, King James Version

Acts 14:14 in other translations

BSBBut when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
WEBBut when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
ASVBut when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out
YLTand having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their garments, did spring into the multitude, crying
DARBYBut the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having heard it, rent their garments, and rushed out to the crowd, crying
BBEBut 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,
WebsterWhich, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

What does Acts 14:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 14:14-18
14-18. 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.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 14. Which when the apostles. Barnabas is called an apostle because he was sent forth by the church on a particular message, Acts 13:3; comp. Acts 14:26; not because he had been chosen to the peculiar work of the apostleship--to bear witness to the life and resurrection of Christ. Acts 1:22

They rent their clothes. As an expression of their abhorrence of what they were doing, and of their deep grief that they should thus debase themselves by offering worship to men. Mt 26:65.

(e) "rent their clothes" Mt 26:65

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 14:8-18

All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the dominion of sinful habits since formed; we shall be made able to stand upright and walk cheerfully in the ways of the Lord. When Christ, the Son of God, appeared in the likeness of men, and did many miracles, men were so far from…

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Acts 14:14 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἈκούσαντεςAkousantesHaving heardG191
δὲdehoweverG1161
οἱhoitheG3588
ἀπόστολοιapostoloiapostlesG652
ΒαρναβᾶςBarnabasBarnabasG921
καὶkaiandG2532
ΠαῦλοςPaulosPaulG3972
διαρρήξαντεςdiarrēxanteshaving tornG1284
τὰtatheG3588
ἱμάτιαhimatiagarmentsG2440
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846
ἐξεπήδησανexepēdēsanrushed out
εἰςeisintoG1519
τὸνtontheG3588
ὄχλονochloncrowdG3793
κράζοντεςkrazontescrying outG2896

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 14:14

  • Matthew 26:65

    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.

  • Jeremiah 36:24

    Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

  • Ezra 9:3-5

    And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,

  • 2 Kings 5:7

    And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

  • 2 Kings 18:37-19:2

    Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh. And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:5-6

    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? Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

  • Mark 14:63

    Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

  • Acts 14:4

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the apostles.
4; 1Co 9:5,6
they.
2Ki 5:7; 18:37; 19:1,2; Ezr 9:3-5; Jer 36:24; Mt 26:65

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Context

  • Acts 14:13

    Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

  • 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 14:15

    And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

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Acts 14:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como lo oyeron los apóstoles Bernabé y Pablo, rotas sus ropas, se lanzaron al gentío, dando voces,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais les apôtres, Barnabas et Paul, l’ayant appris, déchirèrent leurs vêtements et s’élancèrent dans la foule, s’écriant
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als aber die Apostel Barnabas und Paulus es hörten, zerrissen sie ihre Kleider, sprangen hinaus unter die Volksmenge und riefen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et dicentes: Viri, quid hæc facitis? et nos mortales sumus, similes vobis homines, annuntiantes vobis ab his vanis converti ad Deum vivum, qui fecit cælum, et terram, et mare, et omnia quæ in eis sunt: