Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 14:13-17
Acts 14:13-17. Then the priest of Jupiter Who was esteemed the tutelar deity of that place, and whose statue stood just without the gate; brought oxen, or bulls rather, and garlands To put on the victims; the usual offerings to Jupiter; to the gates Of the place where Paul and Barnabas were; and would have done sacrifice to them To acknowledge the obligation they were under to them for this condescending and beneficent visit, and to take this opportunity of imploring their... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 14:14
Which, when the apostles - Barnabas is called an apostle because he was sent forth by the church on a particular message (Acts 13:3; compare Acts 14:26), not because he had been chosen to the special work of the apostleship - to Dear witness to the life and resurrection of Christ. See the notes on Acts 1:22.They rent their clothes - As an expression of their abhorrence of what the people were doing, and of their deep grief that they should thus debase themselves by offering worship to human... read more