Acts 14

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Paul and Barnabas at Iconium

¹At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

¹Now it came to pass in Iconium, according to the same, that they entered into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke so that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

²But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

²But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers.

³So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

³Therefore indeed they stayed a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, testifying to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.

⁴The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

⁴Now the multitude of the city was divided, and indeed some were with the Jews, but some with the apostles.

⁵But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,

⁵And when there was a rush of both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them,

⁶they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

⁶having become aware, they fled to the Lycaonian cities Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region,

⁷where they continued to preach the gospel.

⁷and there they continued preaching the gospel.

The Visit to Lystra and Derbe

⁸In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

⁸And in Lystra a certain man was sitting, crippled in the feet, lame from the womb of his mother, who had never walked.

⁹This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

⁹This man heard Paul speaking, who, having looked intently at him and having seen that he has faith to be healed,

¹⁰In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.

¹⁰said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” And he sprang up and began to walk.

¹¹When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

¹¹And the crowds, having seen what Paul had done, lifted up their voice in Lycaonian, saying, “The gods have come down to us, having become like men!”

¹²Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

¹²And Barnabas they began calling Zeus; and Paul, Hermes, because he was the leading speaker.

¹³The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.

¹³And the priest of Zeus, being just outside the city, having brought oxen and wreaths to the gates, was desiring with the crowds to sacrifice.

¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

¹⁴But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having heard, having torn their garments, rushed out into the crowd, crying out

¹⁵“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

¹⁵and saying, “Men, why do you do these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming the gospel to you to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them,

¹⁶In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.

¹⁶who in the generations past allowed all the nations to go their ways.

¹⁷Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

¹⁷And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good, giving to you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

¹⁸Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.

¹⁸Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

¹⁹Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

¹⁹But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him outside the city, supposing him to have died.

²⁰But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

²⁰But the disciples having surrounded him, having risen up, he entered into the city. And on the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.

Strengthening the Disciples

²¹They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

²¹And having proclaimed the gospel to that city and having discipled many, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

²²strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

²²strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith and that “through many tribulations it is necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God.”

²³Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

²³And having appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed, with fasting they committed them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

²⁴After passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.

²⁴And having passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia,

²⁵And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

²⁵and having spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

²⁶From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

²⁶And from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.

²⁷When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

²⁷And having arrived and having gathered together the church, they began declaring all that God had done with them, and that He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

²⁸And they spent a long time there with the disciples.

²⁸And they remained no little time with the disciples.