Acts 14:5 - Exposition

Made an onset for an assault made, A.V.; of the Jews for also of the Jews, A.V.; to entreat them shamefully for to use them despitefully, A.V., as 1 Thessalonians 2:2 . As regards ὁρμή , neither the A.V. assault nor the R.V. onset expresses it exactly. ὁρμή means the strong bent of the mind, as in James 3:4 , where it expresses the strong will of the steersman directing the ship against the force of the winds. Here it means that both Jews with their rulers, and Gentiles, under the influence of violent passion, had determined and agreed to assault Paul and Barnabas. To entreat them shamefully . ψβρις and ὑβρίζω denote "violence," as Matthew 22:6 ; Luke 18:32 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 . It is sometimes used of corporal punish-merit, even legally inflicted, as Proverbs 19:18 ( LXX .).