Key Verse Spotlight
Acts 14:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.”
Acts 14:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
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,
They were ware of {it}, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
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