Acts 14 — Legacy Standard Bible

In Iconium

14Now it happened that in ^aIconium ^bthey entered the synagogue of the Jews together and spoke in such a manner ^cthat a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of ^dGreeks. ²But ^athe ¹^,^bunbelieving Jews instigated and embittered the ²minds of the Gentiles against ^cthe brothers. ³Therefore they spent a long time there ^aspeaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that ¹^,^bsigns and wonders be done through their hands. ⁴^aBut the multitude of the city was divided; and some ¹sided with ^bthe Jews, and some with ^cthe apostles. ⁵And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and ^athe Jews with their rulers to mistreat and to ^bstone them, ⁶they became aware of it and fled to the cities of ^aLycaonia, ^bLystra and ^cDerbe, and the surrounding region; ⁷and there they continued to ^aproclaim the gospel.

In Lystra and Derbe

⁸And at ^aLystra ^ba man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. ⁹This man listened to Paul as he spoke, who, ^awhen he fixed his gaze on him and saw that he had ^bfaith to be ¹saved from being lame, ¹⁰said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ^aAnd he leaped up and began to walk. ¹¹And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the ^aLycaonian language, “^bThe gods have become like men and have come down to us.” ¹²And they began calling Barnabas, ¹Zeus, and Paul, ²Hermes, because he was ³the chief speaker. ¹³And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was ¹just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and ^awas wanting to offer sacrifice with the crowds. ¹⁴But when ^athe apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^btore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out ¹⁵and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also ^amen of the same nature as you, ^bproclaiming the gospel to you that you should turn from these ¹^,^cvain things to a ^dliving God, ^ewho made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. ¹⁶“¹In the generations gone by He ^apermitted all the ²nations to ^bgo their own ways; ¹⁷and yet ^aHe did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and ^bgave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” ¹⁸And saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

¹⁹But ^aJews came from ^bAntioch and ^cIconium, and after winning over the crowds and ^dstoning Paul, they were dragging him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. ²⁰But while ^athe disciples stood around him, he rose up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to ^bDerbe. ²¹And after they had ^aproclaimed the gospel to that city and had ^bmade many disciples, they returned to ^cLystra and to ^dIconium and to ^eAntioch, ²²strengthening the souls of ^athe disciples, encouraging them to continue in ^bthe faith, and saying, “^cThrough many afflictions we must enter the kingdom of God.” ²³And when ^athey had appointed ^belders for them in every church, having ^cprayed with fasting, they ^dcommended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

The Return to Antioch

²⁴And when they passed through ^aPisidia, they came into ^bPamphylia. ²⁵And when they had spoken the word in ^aPerga, they went down to Attalia. ²⁶And from there they sailed to ^aAntioch, from ^bwhere they had been ^ccommitted to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. ²⁷And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to ^areport all things that God had done with them and ¹how He had opened a ^bdoor of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸And they spent not a little time with ^athe disciples.