1 Now at IconiumaSee ch. 13:5 they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. 2 bSee ch. 13:50 But thecch. 19:9; John 3:36; Rom. 15:31 unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds againstdSee John 21:23 the brothers. 3 So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly forech. 15:8; Heb. 2:4; [Mark 16:20] the Lord, who bore witness tofch. 20:32 the word of his grace,gch. 4:29, 30 granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4 But the people of the cityh[ch. 23:7] were divided;i[ch. 17:4, 5; 19:9; 28:24] some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles. 5 When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers,j1 Thess. 2:2; [2 Cor. 12:10] to mistreat them andk[ver. 19] to stone them, 6 they learned of it andlSee Matt. 10:23 fled tom2 Tim. 3:11 Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country, 7 and there they continued to preach the gospel.
8 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He wasnch. 3:2 crippled from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him andoSee Matt. 9:2 seeing that he had faith to be made well,1Or be saved 10 said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet. ” And hepch. 3:8; Isa. 35:6 sprang up and began walking. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian,qch. 8:10; 28:6 “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men! ” 12 Barnabas they calledr[ch. 19:35; 28:11 (Gk.)] Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. 13 And the priest ofr[See ver. 12 above] Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates ands[Dan. 2:46] wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, theytSee Gen. 37:29 tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, 15 “Men,uSee ch. 10:26 why are you doing these things? We also are men,vJames 5:17 of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, thatwch. 15:19; 26:18, 20; Luke 1:16; 1 Thess. 1:9; [ch. 15:3; James 5:19, 20]; See ch. 9:35 you should turn from thesexDeut. 32:21; 1 Sam. 12:21; Jer. 14:22; [1 Cor. 8:4] vain things toySee Matt. 16:16 a living God,zch. 17:24; Gen. 1:1; Ex. 20:11; Ps. 146:6; Rev. 4:11; 10:6; 14:7 who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 In past generations hea[ch. 17:30; 1 Pet. 4:3] allowed all the nationsb[Ps. 81:13; Mic. 4:5] to walk in their own ways. 17 Yetc[ch. 17:27; Rom. 1:19, 20] he did not leave himself without witness, for hedNum. 10:32 did good byeLev. 26:4; Deut. 11:14; 28:12; Job 5:10; Ps. 65:10; 147:8, 18; Ezek. 34:26; Joel 2:23 giving you rains from heaven andfPs. 67:6; 85:12; Ezek. 34:27; Joel 2:24; Zech. 8:12 fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts withgPs. 104:27 food andhPs. 104:15 gladness. ” 18 Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.
19 iSee ch. 13:45, 50 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds,j2 Cor. 11:25; [ver. 5; 2 Tim. 3:11]; See ch. 7:58 they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 When they had preached the gospel to that city and hadkMatt. 28:19 made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 22 lch. 15:32, 41; [ch. 18:23; 1 Thess. 3:2, 13] strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging themmch. 13:43; Col. 1:23 to continue innSee ch. 6:7 the faith, and saying thatoJohn 15:20; 16:33; 1 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 3:12; [ch. 9:16; Mark 10:30; Luke 22:28, 29; Rom. 8:17; Phil. 1:20; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:12; 1 Pet. 5:10; Rev. 1:9] through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. 23 And when they hadp[Titus 1:5] appointedqSee ch. 11:30 elders for them in every church, with prayer and fastingrch. 20:32 they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, 26 and from there they sailed to Antioch,sch. 13:3 where they had beentch. 15:40 commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. 27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together,uch. 15:4; [ch. 15:3, 12; 21:19] they declared all that God had done with them, andv[ch. 11:18] how he hadw1 Cor. 16:9; 2 Cor. 2:12; Col. 4:3; Rev. 3:8 openedx[Hos. 2:15] a door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they remained no little time with the disciples.