< Acts 14 >

1 It came about in Iconium that Paul and Barnabas entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
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 were disobedient stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and made them bitter against the brothers.
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and inflamed the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren.
3 So they stayed there for a long time, speaking boldly with the Lord's power, while he gave evidence about the message of his grace. He did this by granting signs and wonders to be done by the hands of Paul and Barnabas.
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 majority of the city was divided: some people sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
But the multitude of the city was divided: and some were for the Jews, and some for the apostles:
5 When both Gentiles and Jews attempted to persuade their leaders to mistreat and stone Paul and Barnabas,
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 they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region,
being apprised of it they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the adjacent country:
7 and there they were proclaiming the gospel.
and there they preached the gospel.
8 At Lystra a certain man sat, powerless in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had 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 heard Paul speaking. Paul fixed his eyes on him and saw that he had faith to be made well.
This man heard Paul speaking; who looking earnestly at him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10 So he said to him in a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet.” Then the man jumped up and walked around.
said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up, and walked.
11 When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the dialect of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the form of men.”
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 They called Barnabas “Zeus,” and Paul, “Hermes,” because he was the main speaker.
And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury; because he was the chief speaker.
13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and wreaths to the gates; he and the multitudes wanted to offer sacrifice.
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 clothing and quickly went out into the crowd, crying out
But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, when they heard of it, rent their clothes, and ran in among the people,
15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are human beings with the same feelings as you. We bring you good news, that you should turn from these useless things to a living God, who made the heavens, the earth, and 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 the past ages, he allowed all the nations to walk in 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 But still, he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you the rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
for He did us good, in giving us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."
18 Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas barely kept the multitudes from sacrificing to them.
And saying these things, they with difficulty restrained the people from sacrificing to them.
19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came and persuaded the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was 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 Yet as the disciples were standing around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day, he went to Derbe with Barnabas.
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 they had proclaimed the gospel in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.
And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch;
22 They kept strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter into the kingdom of God through many sufferings.”
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 When they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
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 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
And passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25 When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
And when they had preached the word at Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26 From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had now completed.
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 When they arrived in Antioch and gathered the church together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
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 They stayed for a long time with the disciples.
And they spent a considerable time there with the disciples.

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