Acts 14

Acceptance and Opposition

1 In aIconium bthey entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a way cthat a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of dGreeks. 2But ethe
Or disobeying
gunbelieving Jews stirred up the
Lit souls
minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against ithe brothers.
3Therefore they spent a long time there jspeaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that
I.e., confirming miracles
lsigns and wonders be performed by their hands.
4 mBut the
Lit multitude
people of the city were divided; and some
Lit were
sided with pthe Jews, while others, with qthe apostles.
5And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and rthe Jews with their rulers, to treat them abusively and to sstone them, 6they became aware of it and fled to the cities of tLycaonia, uLystra and vDerbe, and the surrounding region; 7and there they continued to wpreach the gospel.

8 In xLystra ya man was sitting whose feet were incapacitated. He had been disabled from his mother’s womb, and had never walked. 9This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul zlooked at him intently and saw that he had aafaith to be
Lit saved
made well,
10and he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” acAnd the man leaped up and began to walk. 11When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the adLycaonian language, “ aeThe gods have become like men and have come down to us!” 12And they began calling Barnabas,
In Lat Jupiter, the chief pagan god of Rome
Zeus, and Paul,
In Lat Mercury, considered the messenger or spokesman for the pagan gods of Rome
Hermes, since he was
Lit the leader of the speaking
the chief speaker.
13Moreover, the priest of Zeus, whose temple was
Lit in front of
just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and ajwanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.
14But when akthe apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they altore their
Or outer garments
robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
15and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also anmen, of the same nature as you, aopreaching the gospel to you, to turn from these
I.e., idols
aquseless things to a arliving God, who asmade the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them.
16
Lit Who in past generations permitted
In past generations He aupermitted all the
Or Gentiles
nations to awgo their own ways;
17yet axHe did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and aygave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons,
Lit filling
satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
18And even by saying these things, only with difficulty did they restrain the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.

19 But baJews came from bbAntioch and bcIconium, and having won over the crowds, they bdstoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead. 20But while bethe disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he left with Barnabas for bfDerbe. 21And after they had bgpreached the gospel to that city and had bhmade a good number of disciples, they returned to biLystra, to bjIconium, and to bkAntioch, 22strengthening the souls of blthe disciples, encouraging them to continue in bmthe faith, and saying,bnIt is through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God.” 23When bothey had appointed bpelders for them in every church, having bqprayed with fasting, they brentrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

24 They passed through bsPisidia and came into btPamphylia. 25When they had spoken the word in buPerga, they went down to Attalia. 26From there they sailed to bvAntioch, bwwhere they had been bxentrusted to the grace of God for the work that they had
Lit fulfilled
accomplished.
27When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to bzreport all the things that God had done with them and
Lit that
how He had opened a cbdoor of faith to the Gentiles.
28And they spent
Lit not a little
a long time with cdthe disciples.
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