John Gill Commentary Acts 14:5

"And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them," — Acts 14:5 (ASV)

And when there was an assault made
Or a strong bias and inclination were in the minds,

both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews, with their rulers ;
who encouraged them in it:

to use them despitefully, and to stone them ;
not only to give them reproachful language, but to smite, buffet, and scourge them, and to stone them for blasphemy, which was a punishment among the Jews for such causes.