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Acts 13:50
The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records events in Pisidian Antioch immediately after Paul and Barnabas preach and the message spreads through the region. The author describes how local opposition forms while the missionaries continue their work.
The words — παρώτρυναν (parōtrunan) literally means "incited" or "stirred up," and σεβομένας (sebomenas) means "worshipping" or "God-fearing." These terms specify the influential women and civic leaders manipulated to oppose the missionaries.
The thread — Acts 13:45 describes Jews contradicting Paul out of jealousy, Acts 14:2 records unbelieving Jews poisoning Gentile minds against the brothers, and Acts 14:19 notes Jews from Antioch and Iconium stoning Paul. These references document distinct tactics of opposition without establishing a uniform pattern of forced relocation.
Why it lands — The text states that organized hostility directly results in the missionaries leaving the district. Readers must recognize that the advance of the message frequently encounters coordinated resistance that necessitates geographic displacement.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Cross-references
- Acts 13:45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
- Acts 14:19 Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
- Acts 17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
- Acts 21:27 When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
- 2 Timothy 3:11 my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
- Acts 16:37 But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
- Acts 13:43 After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
- Romans 10:2 For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,