Acts 14

1 The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish Synagogue, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed in Christ.

And at Iconium they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great number both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.

2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the Brethren.

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and inflamed the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren.

3 Therefore Paul and Barnabas spent a long time there, and spoke out fearlessly, relying upon the Lord, who confirmed the Message of his Love by permitting signs and wonders to take place at their hands.

They therefore stayed a considerable time speaking freely of the Lord, who bare witness to the word of his grace, and gave signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

4 But the townspeople were divided, some siding with the Jews, some with the Apostles;

But the multitude of the city was divided: and some were for the Jews, and some for the apostles:

5 and, when there was an attempt on the part of both Gentiles and Jews, with their leading men, to resort to violence and to stone them,

but when there was an effort both of the Gentiles and of the Jews, together with their rulers, to offer violence to them, and to stone them;

6 the Apostles heard of it, and took refuge in Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and in the district round,

being apprised of it they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the adjacent country:

7 and there they continued to tell the Good News.

and there they preached the gospel.

8 In the streets of Lystra there used to sit a man who had no power in his feet; he had been lame from his birth, and had never walked.

And there was sitting at Lystra, a man disabled in his feet, who had never walked at all, being lame from his birth.

9 This man was listening to Paul speaking, when Paul, fixing his eyes on him, and seeing that he had the faith to be healed,

This man heard Paul speaking; who looking earnestly at him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

10 said loudly: “Stand upright on your feet.” The man leaped up, and began walking about,

said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up, and walked.

11 and the crowd, seeing what Paul had done, called out in the Lycaonian language: “The Gods have made themselves like men and have come down to us.”

And the people, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voice, saying in the Lycaonian tongue, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

12 So they called Barnabas ‘Zeus,’ and Paul ‘Hermes,’ because he took the lead in speaking;

And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury; because he was the chief speaker.

13 and the priest of Zeus-beyond-the-Walls, accompanied by the crowd, brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, with the intention of offering sacrifices.

And the priest of Jupiter, whose image was before the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and with the people would have offered sacrifices to them.

14 But, when the Apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd. “Friends, why are you doing this?” they shouted.

But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, when they heard of it, rent their clothes, and ran in among the people,

15 “We are only men like yourselves, and we have come with the Good News that you should turn away from these follies to a living God, ‘who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.’

crying out, and saying, "Sirs, why do ye these things? we also are men subject to the like infirmities with you, and we preach the gospel unto you, that ye may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea,

16 In bygone times he permitted all the nations to go their own ways.

and all things therein, who in generations past suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways: though He left not Himself without witness;

17 Yet he has not failed to give you, in the good he does, some revelation of himself — sending you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, and gladdening your hearts with plenty and good cheer.”

for He did us good, in giving us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

18 Even with this appeal they could hardly restrain the people from offering sacrifice to them.

And saying these things, they with difficulty restrained the people from sacrificing to them.

19 Presently, however, there came some Jews from Antioch, and Iconium who, after they had won over the people, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the town, thinking him to be dead.

But there came thither some Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and persuading the multitude, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

20 But, when the disciples had gathered round him, he got up and went back into the town; the next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe.

But when the disciples were gathered round him, he rose up and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

21 After telling the Good News throughout that town, and making a number of converts, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch;

22 reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the Faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the Kingdom of God.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and telling them that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.

23 They also appointed Officers for them in every Church, and, after prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had learned to believe.

And when they had appointed them elders in every church, praying and fasting, they recommended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

24 Paul and Barnabas then went through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia,

And passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.

25 and, after telling the Message at Perga, went down to Attaleia.

And when they had preached the word at Perga, they went down to Attalia.

26 From there they sailed to Antioch — the place where they had been committed to the gracious care of God for the work which they had now finished.

And from thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for the work which they had now fulfilled.

27 After their arrival, they gathered the Church together, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do, and especially how he had opened to the Gentiles the door of faith;

And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they related what God had done by them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

28 and at Antioch they stayed with the disciples for a considerable time.

And they spent a considerable time there with the disciples.