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1 In
Iconium, they
entered together
into the synagogue
of the Jews,
and so spoke
that a great
multitude both of
Jews and of
Greeks believed.
2 But
the disbelieving
Jews stirred up
and embittered the
souls of the
Gentiles against
the brothers.
3 Therefore
they stayed there
a long time,
speaking boldly in
the Lord, who
testified to the
word of his
grace, granting
signs and wonders
to be done
by their hands.
4 But
the multitude of
the city was
divided. Part
sided with the
Jews and part
with the apostles.
5 When
some of both
the Gentiles and
the Jews, with
their rulers, made
a violent attempt
to mistreat and
stone them,
6 they
became aware of
it and fled
to the cities
of Lycaonia,
Lystra, Derbe, and
the surrounding
region.
7 There
they preached the
Good News.
8 At
Lystra a certain
man sat, impotent
in his feet,
a cripple from
his mother’s womb,
who never had
walked.
9 He
was listening to
Paul speaking, who,
fastening eyes on him
and seeing that
he had faith
to be made
whole,
10 said
with a loud
voice, “Stand upright
on your feet!”
He leaped up and
walked.
11 When
the multitude saw
what Paul had
done, they lifted
up their voice,
saying in the
language of
Lycaonia, “The
gods have come
down to us
in the likeness
of men!”
12 They
called Barnabas “Jupiter”,
and Paul “Mercury”,
because he was
the chief speaker.
13 The
priest of Jupiter,
whose temple was
in front of
their city,
brought oxen and
garlands to the
gates, and would
have made a
sacrifice along
with the
multitudes.
14 But
when the apostles, Barnabas
and Paul, heard of
it, they tore
their clothes
and sprang into
the multitude,
crying out,
15 “Men,
why are you
doing these things?
We also are
men of the
same nature as
you, and bring
you good news,
that you should
turn from these
vain things to
the living God,
who made the
sky, the earth,
the sea, and
all that is
in them;
16 who
in the generations
gone by allowed
all the nations
to walk in
their own ways.
17 Yet
he didn’t leave
himself without witness,
in that he
did good and
gave you
rains from the sky
and fruitful
seasons, filling
our hearts with
food and gladness.”
18 Even
saying these
things, they
hardly stopped the
multitudes from
making a sacrifice
to them.
19 But
some Jews
from Antioch and
Iconium came there,
and having
persuaded the
multitudes, they
stoned Paul and
dragged him out
of the city,
supposing that he
was dead.
20 But
as the disciples
stood around him,
he rose up,
and entered into
the city. On
the next day
he went out
with Barnabas to
Derbe.
21 When
they had preached
the Good News
to that city
and had made
many disciples,
they returned to
Lystra, Iconium,
and Antioch,
22 strengthening the
souls of the
disciples, exhorting
them to continue
in the faith,
and that through
many afflictions
we must enter
into God’s Kingdom.
23 When
they had appointed
elders for them
in every assembly,
and had prayed
with fasting, they
commended them to
the Lord on
whom they had
believed.
24 They
passed through
Pisidia and came
to Pamphylia.
25 When
they had spoken
the word in
Perga, they went
down to Attalia.
26 From
there they sailed
to Antioch, from
where they had
been committed to
the grace of
God for the
work which they
had fulfilled.
27 When
they had arrived
and had gathered
the assembly
together, they reported
all the things
that God had
done with them,
and that he
had opened a door
of faith to
the nations.
28 They
stayed there with
the disciples for
a long time.