14At 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.G1161G1096G1722G2430G846G1525G2596G846G1519G4864G2453G2532G3779G2980G5620G4183G4128G5037G2453G2532G1672G41002But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.G1161G544G2453G1892G1484G2532G2559G5590G2559G2596G803So 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.G2425G5550G3303G3767G1304G3955G1909G2962G3588G3140G3056G846G5485G2532G1325G4592G2532G5059G1096G1223G846G54954The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.G1161G4128G4172G4977G2532G3303G2258G4862G2453G1161G4862G6525There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.G1161G5613G1096G3730G1096G5037G1484G2532G2453G4862G846G758G5195G2532G3036G8466But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,G4894G2703G1519G3082G2532G1191G4172G3071G2532G40667where they continued to preach the good news.G2546G2258G2097
In Lystra and Derbe
8In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.G2532G2521G5100G435G1722G3082G102G4228G5225G5560G1537G846G3384G2836G3739G3763G40439He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healedG3778G191G3972G2980G3739G816G846G2532G1492G3754G2192G4102G498210and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.G2036G3173G5456G450G3717G1909G4675G4228G2532G242G2532G404311When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"G1161G3793G1492G3739G3972G4160G1869G846G5456G3004G3072G2316G2597G4314G2248G3666G44412Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.G5037G2564G921G3303G2203G1161G3972G2060G1894G846G2258G2233G305613The 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.G1161G2409G2203G3588G5607G4253G846G4172G5342G5022G2532G4725G1909G4440G2309G2380G4862G379314But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting:G1161G652G921G2532G3972G191G1284G846G2440G1530G1519G3793G289615"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.G2532G3004G435G5101G4160G5130G2249G2532G2070G444G3663G5213G2097G5209G1994G575G5023G3152G1909G2198G2316G3739G4160G3772G2532G1093G2532G2281G2532G3956G1722G84616In the past, he let all nations go their own way.G3739G1722G1074G3944G1439G3956G1484G4198G846G359817Yet 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."G2544G2532G863G3756G1438G267G15G1325G2254G5205G3771G2532G2593G2540G1705G2257G2588G5160G2532G216718Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.G2532G5023G3004G3433G2664G3793G2380G3361G2380G84619Then 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.G1161G1904G2453G575G490G2532G2430G2532G3982G3793G2532G3034G3972G4951G1854G4172G3543G846G234820But 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.G1161G3101G2944G846G450G1525G1519G4172G2532G1887G1831G4862G921G1519G1191
The Return to Antioch in Syria
21They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,G5037G2097G1565G4172G2532G3100G2425G5290G1519G3082G2532G2430G2532G49022strengthening 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.G1991G5590G3101G3870G1696G4102G2532G3754G2248G1163G1223G4183G2347G1525G1519G932G231623Paul 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.G1161G5500G846G4245G2596G1577G4336G3326G3521G3908G846G2962G1519G3739G410024After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,G2532G1330G4099G2064G1519G382825and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.G2532G2980G3056G1722G4011G2597G1519G82526From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.G2547G636G1519G490G3606G2258G3860G5485G2316G1519G2041G3739G413727On 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.G1161G3854G2532G4863G1577G4863G312G3745G2316G4160G3326G846G2532G3754G455G2374G4102G148428And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.G1161G1563G1304G3756G3641G5550G4862G3101