14:1 In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a way that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.
14:2 But the ①unbelieving Jews stirred up the ②minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brothers.
▷ ①Or disobeying ②Lit souls
14:3 Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that ①signs and wonders be performed by their hands.
▷ ①I.e., confirming miracles
14:4 But the ①people of the city were divided; and some ②sided with the Jews, while others, with the apostles.
▷ ①Lit multitude ②Lit were
14:5 And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to treat them abusively and to stone them,
14:6 they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;
14:7 and there they continued to preach the gospel.
14:8 In Lystra a man was sitting whose feet were incapacitated. He had been disabled from his mother’s womb, and had never walked.
14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul looked at him intently and saw that he had faith to be ①made well,
▷ ①Lit saved
14:10 and he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” And the man leaped up and began to walk.
14:11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have become like men and have come down to us!”
14:12 And they began calling Barnabas, ①Zeus, and Paul, ②Hermes, since he was ③the chief speaker.
▷ ①In Lat Jupiter, the chief pagan god of Rome ②In Lat Mercury, considered the messenger or spokesman for the pagan gods of Rome ③Lit the leader of the speaking
14:13 Moreover, the priest of Zeus, whose temple was ①just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.
▷ ①Lit in front of
14:14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their ①robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
▷ ①Or outer garments
14:15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men, of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, to turn from these ①useless things to a living God, who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM.
▷ ①I.e., idols
14:16 ①In past generations He permitted all the ②nations to go their own ways;
▷ ①Lit Who in past generations permitted ②Or Gentiles
14:17 yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, ①satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
▷ ①Lit filling
14:18 And even by saying these things, only with difficulty did they restrain the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.
14:19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead.
14:20 But while the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
14:21 And after they had preached the gospel to that city and had made a good number of disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,
14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “It is through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God.”
14:23 When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
14:24 They passed through Pisidia and came into Pamphylia.
14:25 When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
14:26 From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work that they had ①accomplished.
▷ ①Lit fulfilled
14:27 When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all the things that God had done with them and ①how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
▷ ①Lit that
14:28 And they spent ①a long time with the disciples.
▷ ①Lit not a little