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Acts 14

Paul and Barnabas at Iconium

1 Now at Iconium ^athey entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. 2 ^bBut the ^cunbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against ^dthe brothers. ^{▼

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Or brothers and sisters} 3 So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for ^fthe Lord, who bore witness to ^gthe word of his grace ^hgranting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4 But the people of the city ⁱwere divided; ^jsome sided with the Jews and some with the apostles. 5 When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers ^kto mistreat them and ^lto stone them, 6 they learned of it and ^mfled to ⁿLystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country, 7 and there they continued to preach the gospel.

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

8 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was ^ocrippled from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and ^pseeing that he had faith to be made well ^{▼

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Or be saved} 10 said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he ^rsprang up and began walking. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian ^s“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” 12 Barnabas they called ^tZeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. 13 And the priest of ^uZeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and ^vwanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^wtore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, 15 “Men ^xwhy are you doing these things? We also are men ^yof like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that ^zyou should turn from these ^aavain things to ^aba living God ^acwho made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 In past generations he ^adallowed all the nations ^aeto walk in their own ways. 17 Yet ^afhe did not leave himself without witness, for he ^agdid good by ^ahgiving you rains from heaven and ^aifruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with ^ajfood and ^akgladness.” 18 Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

Paul Stoned at Lystra

19 ^alBut Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds ^amthey 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 had ^anmade many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 22 ^aostrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ^apto continue in ^aqthe faith, and saying that ^arthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. 23 And when they had ^asappointed ^atelders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^authey committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria

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, ^avwhere they had been ^awcommended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. 27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together ^axthey declared all that God had done with them, and ^ayhow he had ^azopened ^baa door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they remained no little time with the disciples.