14The same thing happened in Iconium: Paul and Barnabas went to the synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of Jews and Gentiles became believers.G1161G1096G1722G2430G846G1525G2596G846G1519G4864G2453G2532G3779G2980G5620G4183G4128G5037G2453G2532G1672G41002But the Jews who would not believe stirred up the Gentiles and turned them against the believers.G1161G544G2453G1892G1484G2532G2559G5590G2559G2596G803The apostles stayed there for a long time, speaking boldly about the Lord, who proved that their message about his grace was true by giving them the power to perform miracles and wonders.G2425G5550G3303G3767G1304G3955G1909G2962G3588G3140G3056G846G5485G2532G1325G4592G2532G5059G1096G1223G846G54954The people of the city were divided: some were for the Jews, others for the apostles.G1161G4128G4172G4977G2532G3303G2258G4862G2453G1161G4862G6525Then some Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to mistreat the apostles and stone them.G1161G5613G1096G3730G1096G5037G1484G2532G2453G4862G846G758G5195G2532G3036G8466When the apostles learned about it, they fled to the cities of Lystra and Derbe in Lycaonia and to the surrounding territory.G4894G2703G1519G3082G2532G1191G4172G3071G2532G40667There they preached the Good News.G2546G2258G2097
In Lystra and Derbe
8In Lystra there was a crippled man who had been lame from birth and had never been able to walk.G2532G2521G5100G435G1722G3082G102G4228G5225G5560G1537G846G3384G2836G3739G3763G40439He sat there and listened to Paul's words. Paul saw that he believed and could be healed, so he looked straight at himG3778G191G3972G2980G3739G816G846G2532G1492G3754G2192G4102G498210and said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" The man jumped up and started walking around.G2036G3173G5456G450G3717G1909G4675G4228G2532G242G2532G404311When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they started shouting in their own Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!"G1161G3793G1492G3739G3972G4160G1869G846G5456G3004G3072G2316G2597G4314G2248G3666G44412They gave Barnabas the name Zeus, and Paul the name Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.G5037G2564G921G3303G2203G1161G3972G2060G1894G846G2258G2233G305613The priest of the god Zeus, whose temple stood just outside the town, brought bulls and flowers to the gate, for he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifice to the apostles.G1161G2409G2203G3588G5607G4253G846G4172G5342G5022G2532G4725G1909G4440G2309G2380G4862G379314When Barnabas and Paul heard what they were about to do, they tore their clothes and ran into the middle of the crowd, shouting,G1161G652G921G2532G3972G191G1284G846G2440G1530G1519G3793G289615"Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them.G2532G3004G435G5101G4160G5130G2249G2532G2070G444G3663G5213G2097G5209G1994G575G5023G3152G1909G2198G2316G3739G4160G3772G2532G1093G2532G2281G2532G3956G1722G84616In the past he allowed all people to go their own way.G3739G1722G1074G3944G1439G3956G1484G4198G846G359817But he has always given evidence of his existence by the good things he does: he gives you rain from heaven and crops at the right times; he gives you food and fills your hearts with happiness."G2544G2532G863G3756G1438G267G15G1325G2254G5205G3771G2532G2593G2540G1705G2257G2588G5160G2532G216718Even with these words the apostles could hardly keep the crowd from offering a sacrifice to them.G2532G5023G3004G3433G2664G3793G2380G3361G2380G84619Some Jews came from Antioch in Pisidia and from Iconium; they won the crowds over to their side, stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead.G1161G1904G2453G575G490G2532G2430G2532G3982G3793G2532G3034G3972G4951G1854G4172G3543G846G234820But when the believers gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he and Barnabas went to Derbe.G1161G3101G2944G846G450G1525G1519G4172G2532G1887G1831G4862G921G1519G1191
The Return to Antioch in Syria
21Paul and Barnabas preached the Good News in Derbe and won many disciples. Then they went back to Lystra, to Iconium, and on to Antioch in Pisidia.G5037G2097G1565G4172G2532G3100G2425G5290G1519G3082G2532G2430G2532G49022They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. "We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God," they taught.G1991G5590G3101G3870G1696G4102G2532G3754G2248G1163G1223G4183G2347G1525G1519G932G231623In each church they appointed elders, and with prayers and fasting they commended them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.G1161G5500G846G4245G2596G1577G4336G3326G3521G3908G846G2962G1519G3739G410024After going through the territory of Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.G2532G1330G4099G2064G1519G382825There they preached the message in Perga and then went to Attalia,G2532G2980G3056G1722G4011G2597G1519G82526and from there they sailed back to Antioch, the place where they had been commended to the care of God's grace for the work they had now completed.G2547G636G1519G490G3606G2258G3860G5485G2316G1519G2041G3739G413727When they arrived in Antioch, they gathered the people of the church together and told them about all that God had done with them and how he had opened the way for the Gentiles to believe.G1161G3854G2532G4863G1577G4863G312G3745G2316G4160G3326G846G2532G3754G455G2374G4102G148428And they stayed a long time there with the believers.G1161G1563G1304G3756G3641G5550G4862G3101
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