c.
To Iconium
14:1-5
Acts 14
:1
14:1
And in
aIconium they entered together
1into the
2bsynagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Acts 14
:2
14:2
But the Jews who were
adisobedient bstirred up and ill-affected the
1minds of the Gentiles against the
cbrothers.
Acts 14
:3
14:3
Therefore they spent a considerable amount of time speaking with
aboldness in the Lord, who
btestified to the word of His
1cgrace by granting
2dsigns and wonders to be done through their hands.
Acts 14
:4
14:4
But the multitude of the city was
adivided, and
bsome were with the Jews and some with the apostles.
Acts 14
:5
14:5
And when a hostile attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers to treat
the apostles aoutrageously and to
bstone them,
d.
To Lystra and Derbe of Lycaonia
14:6-21a
Acts 14
:6
14:6
They became aware of
it and
afled to the cities of Lycaonia,
bLystra and
cDerbe, and the surrounding region.
Acts 14
:7
14:7
And there they
aannounced the gospel.
Acts 14
:8
14:8
And in Lystra a certain man was sitting, without strength in his feet,
alame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.
Acts 14
:9
14:9
This man heard Paul speaking, who, looking intently at him and seeing that he had
afaith to be
1healed,
Acts 14
:10
14:10
Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he
aleaped up and began to walk.
Acts 14
:11
14:11
And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in Lycaonian, The
agods have become like men and have come down to us.
Acts 14
:12
14:12
And they called Barnabas,
1Zeus, and Paul,
2Hermes, since he was the one who took the lead in the discourse.
Acts 14
:13
14:13
And the priest of Zeus, whose
temple was before the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer a sacrifice with the crowds.
Acts 14
:14
14:14
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard
this, they
atore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
Acts 14
:15
14:15
And saying,
1Men, why are you doing these things? We also are
amen of
blike feeling as you,
and cannounce the gospel to you that you should turn from these
2dvain things
eto the
fliving God, who
gmade heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them;
Acts 14
:16
14:16
Who in the generations
agone by
ballowed all the nations to go their ways.
Acts 14
:17
14:17
And yet He did
anot leave Himself without witness, in that He did good by giving you
brain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your
chearts with
dfood and gladness.
Acts 14
:18
14:18
And saying these things, they restrained the crowds
only with difficulty from offering sacrifices to them.
Acts 14
:19
14:19
But aJews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having
bpersuaded the crowds, they
cstoned Paul and dragged
him outside the city, supposing that he was dead.
Acts 14
:20
14:20
But as the disciples surrounded him, he rose up and entered into the city. And on the next day he went out with Barnabas to
aDerbe.
e.
Establishing the disciples and appointing elders on the way back
14:21b-25a
Acts 14
:21
14:21
And when they had
aannounced the gospel to that city and had made a considerable number of
bdisciples, they returned to
cLystra and to
dIconium and to
eAntioch,
Acts 14
:22
14:22
aEstablishing the
1souls of the disciples, exhorting
them to
2bcontinue in the
3cfaith and
saying that through many
dtribulations we must enter into the
4ekingdom of God.
Acts 14
:23
14:23
And when they had appointed
1aelders for them
2in every
bchurch and had prayed with
cfastings, they
dcommitted them to the Lord into whom they had believed.
Acts 14
:24
14:24
And they passed through Pisidia and came to
aPamphylia.
f.
Back to Antioch, ending the first journey
14:25b-28
Acts 14
:25
14:25
And when they had spoken the
1word in Perga, they came down to Attalia.
Acts 14
:26
14:26
And from there they sailed away to
aAntioch, where they had been commended to the
1grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
Acts 14
:27
14:27
And when they
1arrived and
2gathered the
achurch together, they
bdeclared the things that God had done with them and that He had
copened a door of faith to the
dGentiles.
Acts 14
:28
14:28
And they spent no little time
there with the disciples.
