A person’s enemies will be\par the people in his own house.\par A son will not honor his father.\par A daughter will turn against her mother.\par A daughter-in-law will turn against\par her mother-in-law.\par
Acts 14:4 - Easy To Read Version But some of the people in the city agreed with the Jews. Other people in the city believed Paul and Barnabas. So the city was divided. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the residents of the town were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles. American Standard Version (1901) But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. Common English Bible The people of the city were divided—some siding with the Jews, others with the Lord’s messengers. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the multitude of the city was divided. And certainly, some were with the Jews, yet truly others were with the Apostles. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the multitude of the city was divided; and some of them indeed held with the Jews, but some with the apostles. |
A person’s enemies will be\par the people in his own house.\par A son will not honor his father.\par A daughter will turn against her mother.\par A daughter-in-law will turn against\par her mother-in-law.\par
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, “Many Jews will fall and many will rise because of this boy. He will be a sign (proof) from God that some people will not accept.
These men were all serving the Lord and fasting. {\cf2\super [245]} The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [246]} said to them, “Give Barnabas and Saul to me to do a special work. I have chosen them to do this work.”
The Jews saw all these people there. So the Jews became very jealous. They said some very bad things and argued against the words that Paul said.
But the Jews caused some of the important religious women and the leaders of the city to become angry and to be against Paul and Barnabas. These people did things against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of town.
But when the apostles, {\cf2\super [288]} Barnabas and Paul, understood what the people were doing, they tore their own clothes. {\cf2\super [289]} Then they ran in among the people and shouted to them:
Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. They persuaded the people to be against Paul. And so the people threw rocks at Paul and dragged him out of the town. The people thought that they had killed Paul.
But some of the Jews did not believe. These Jews excited the non-Jewish people and made them think bad things about the brothers (believers).
Some non-Jewish people, some Jews, and their Jewish leaders tried to hurt Paul and Barnabas. These people wanted to kill them with rocks.
But some of the Jews became stubborn. They refused to believe. These Jews said some very bad things about the Way \{of Jesus\}. All the people heard these things. So Paul left those Jews and took the followers \{of Jesus\} with him. Paul went to a place where a man named Tyrannus had a school. There Paul talked with people every day.
Some of the Jews believed the things Paul said, but others did not believe.
We have the right to bring a believing wife with us when we travel, don’t we? The other apostles {\cf2\super [53]} and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas all do this.
Brothers and sisters, you are like God’s churches (people) in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. {\cf2\super [8]} God’s people in Judea suffered bad things from the other Jews there. And you suffered the same bad things from the people of your own country.