ACTS 14:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,”
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd — the apostles' horror-stricken response (diaschizō himatia, tearing clothes) is the traditional Jewish gesture of protest against blasphemy or sacrilege. This reaction underscores that Paul and Barnabas identify themselves with Jewish monotheism, not pagan plurality.
Church Fathers on Acts 14:14
Mark the vehemence with which all this is done by the Apostles: rent their clothes, ran in, cried out, all from strong affection of the soul, revolted by the things that were done. For it was a grief, indeed a grief inconsolable, that they should needs be thought gods, and introduce idolatry, the very thing which they came to destroy! This also was a contrivance of the devil— but he did not prevail. But what say they? We also are men of like passions with you. At the very…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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