Acts 14:27 - Prayer Tents

Acceptance and Opposition

14NOW AT Iconium [also Paul and Barnabas] went into the Jewish synagogue together and spoke with such power that a great number both of Jews and of Greeks believed (became Christians);G1161G1096G1722G2430G846G1525G2596G846G1519G4864G2453G2532G3779G2980G5620G4183G4128G5037G2453G2532G1672G4100

2But the unbelieving Jews [who rejected their message] aroused the Gentiles and embittered their minds against the brethren.G1161G544G2453G1892G1484G2532G2559G5590G2559G2596G80

3So [Paul and Barnabas] stayed on there for a long time, speaking freely {and} fearlessly {and} boldly in the Lord, Who continued to bear testimony to the Word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed by their hands.G2425G5550G3303G3767G1304G3955G1909G2962G3588G3140G3056G846G5485G2532G1325G4592G2532G5059G1096G1223G846G5495

4But the residents of the town were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles.G1161G4128G4172G4977G2532G3303G2258G4862G2453G1161G4862G652

5When there was an attempt both on the part of the Gentiles and the Jews together with their rulers, to insult {and} abuse {and} molest [Paul and Barnabas] and to stone them,G1161G5613G1096G3730G1096G5037G1484G2532G2453G4862G846G758G5195G2532G3036G846

6They, aware of the situation, made their escape to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and the neighboring districts;G4894G2703G1519G3082G2532G1191G4172G3071G2532G4066

7And there they continued to preach the glad tidings (Gospel).G2546G2258G2097

8Now at Lystra a man sat who found it impossible to use his feet, for he was a cripple from birth and had never walked.G2532G2521G5100G435G1722G3082G102G4228G5225G5560G1537G846G3384G2836G3739G3763G4043

9He was listening to Paul as he talked, and [Paul] gazing intently at him and observing that he had faith to be healed,G3778G191G3972G2980G3739G816G846G2532G1492G3754G2192G4102G4982

10Shouted at him, saying, Stand erect on your feet! And he leaped up and walked.G2036G3173G5456G450G3717G1909G4675G4228G2532G242G2532G4043

11And the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, shouting in the Lycaonian language, The gods have come down to us in human form!G1161G3793G1492G3739G3972G4160G1869G846G5456G3004G3072G2316G2597G4314G2248G3666G444

12They called Barnabas Zeus, and they called Paul, because he led in the discourse, Hermes [god of speech].G5037G2564G921G3303G2203G1161G3972G2060G1894G846G2258G2233G3056

13And the priest of Zeus, whose [temple] was at the entrance of the town, brought bulls and garlands to the [city's] gates and wanted to join the people in offering sacrifice.G1161G2409G2203G3588G5607G4253G846G4172G5342G5022G2532G4725G1909G4440G2309G2380G4862G3793

14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothing and dashed out among the crowd, shouting,G1161G652G921G2532G3972G191G1284G846G2440G1530G1519G3793G2896

15Men, why are you doing this? We also are [only] human beings, of nature like your own, and we bring you the good news (Gospel) that you should turn away from these foolish {and} vain things to the living God, Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that they contain.G2532G3004G435G5101G4160G5130G2249G2532G2070G444G3663G5213G2097G5209G1994G575G5023G3152G1909G2198G2316G3739G4160G3772G2532G1093G2532G2281G2532G3956G1722G846

16In generations past He permitted all the nations to walk in their own ways;G3739G1722G1074G3944G1439G3956G1484G4198G846G3598

17Yet He did not neglect to leave some witness of Himself, for He did you good {and} [showed you] kindness and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with nourishment and happiness.G2544G2532G863G3756G1438G267G15G1325G2254G5205G3771G2532G2593G2540G1705G2257G2588G5160G2532G2167

18Even in [the light of] these words they with difficulty prevented the people from offering sacrifice to them.G2532G5023G3004G3433G2664G3793G2380G3361G2380G846

19But some Jews arrived there from Antioch and Iconium; and having persuaded the people {and} won them over, they stoned Paul and [afterward] dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead.G1161G1904G2453G575G490G2532G2430G2532G3982G3793G2532G3034G3972G4951G1854G4172G3543G846G2348

20But the disciples formed a circle about him, and he got up and went back into the town; and on the morrow he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.G1161G3101G2944G846G450G1525G1519G4172G2532G1887G1831G4862G921G1519G1191

21When they had preached the good news (Gospel) to that town and made disciples of many of the people, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,G5037G2097G1565G4172G2532G3100G2425G5290G1519G3082G2532G2430G2532G490

22Establishing {and} strengthening the souls {and} the hearts of the disciples, urging {and} warning {and} encouraging them to stand firm in the faith, and [telling them] that it is through many hardships {and} tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.G1991G5590G3101G3870G1696G4102G2532G3754G2248G1163G1223G4183G2347G1525G1519G932G2316

23And when they had appointed {and} ordained elders for them in each church with prayer and fasting, they committed them to the Lord in Whom they had come to believe [being full of joyful trust that He is the Christ, the Messiah].G1161G5500G846G4245G2596G1577G4336G3326G3521G3908G846G2962G1519G3739G4100

24Then they went through Pisidia and arrived at Pamphylia.G2532G1330G4099G2064G1519G3828

25And when they had spoken the Word in Perga [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God], they went down to Attalia;G2532G2980G3056G1722G4011G2597G1519G825

26And from there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had [first] been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had [now] completed.G2547G636G1519G490G3606G2258G3860G5485G2316G1519G2041G3739G4137

27Arriving there, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had accomplished with them and how He had opened to the Gentiles a door of faith [in Jesus as the Messiah, through Whom we obtain salvation in the kingdom of God].G1161G3854G2532G4863G1577G4863G312G3745G2316G4160G3326G846G2532G3754G455G2374G4102G1484

28And there they stayed no little time with the disciples.G1161G1563G1304G3756G3641G5550G4862G3101