14:1 It came to pass · in Iconium that Paul and Barnabas went as · usual into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.
14:2 But the Jews who did not believe stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against their brothers.
14:3 So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out boldly about the Lord, who witnessed to the message of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done through · their hands.
14:4 But the people of the city were divided; while some sided with the Jews, others · sided with the apostles.
14:5 When · there was an attempt by both Gentiles and Jews along with · their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,
14:6 they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding region,
14:8 Now there was a man sitting in Lystra, whose feet were useless, lame from the womb of his mother, who had never walked.
14:9 This man listened to · Paul speaking. Looking intently at him, Paul · saw that he had faith to be healed,
14:10 and said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on · your feet.” And he jumped up and began to walk.
14:11 And the crowds, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up · their voices, saying in the dialect of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
14:12 Barnabas they called · Zeus, · and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief · speaker.
14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to offer sacrifice along with the crowds.
14:14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore · their clothes, rushed out into the crowd, and shouted,
14:15 · saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? For we too are men subject to the same frailties as you, bringing you good news to turn away from these · vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything · in them,
14:16 who in · past generations allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways;
14:17 yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good, giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” ·
14:18 Even saying these things, they barely restrained the crowds · from offering sacrifice to them.
14:19 But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowd · they stoned · Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking him to be dead.
14:20 But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went into the city; and on the following day he set off with · Barnabas for Derbe.
14:21 After they had preached the good news · in that city and made many disciples, they returned to · Lystra, then on 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 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
14:24 And going through · Pisidia, they came to · Pamphylia.
14:25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia,
14:26 and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
14:27 And when they arrived, and had gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done · with them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
14:28 And they spent no little time there with the disciples.
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