14:1 At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed.
14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
14:3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.
14:4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.
14:5 There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.
14:6 But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,
14:7 where they continued to preach the good news.
14:8 In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
14:9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed
14:10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.
14:11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
14:12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.
14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14:14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting:
14:15 “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
14:16 In the past, he let all nations go their own way.
14:17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
14:18 Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.
14:19 Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.
14:20 But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.
14:21 They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,
14:22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
14:23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
14:24 After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,
14:25 and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
14:26 From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
14:27 On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
14:28 And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.
14:1 And in Iconium they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed.
14:2 But the Jews who were disobedient stirred up and ill-affected the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers.
14:3 Therefore they spent a considerable amount of time speaking with boldness in the Lord, who testified to the word of His grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.
14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews and some with the apostles.
14:5 And when a hostile attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers to treat the apostles outrageously and to stone them,
14:6 They became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region.
14:7 And there they announced the gospel.
14:8 And in Lystra a certain man was sitting, without strength in his feet, lame from his mother s womb, who had never walked.
14:9 This man heard Paul speaking, who, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped up and began to walk.
14:11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in Lycaonian, The gods have become like men and have come down to us.
14:12 And they called Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, since he was the one who took the lead in the discourse.
14:13 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was before the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer a sacrifice with the crowds.
14:14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard this, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
14:15 And saying, Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like feeling as you, and announce the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them;
14:16 Who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to go their ways.
14:17 And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
14:18 And saying these things, they restrained the crowds only with difficulty from offering sacrifices to them.
14:19 But Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, supposing that he was dead.
14:20 But as the disciples surrounded him, he rose up and entered into the city. And on the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.
14:21 And when they had announced the gospel to that city and had made a considerable number of disciples,
14:22 Establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith and saying that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
14:23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church and had prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord into whom they had believed.
14:24 And they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
14:25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga,
14:26 And from there they sailed away to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
14:27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared the things that God had done with them and that He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
14:28 And they spent no little time there with the disciples.