Acts 14
1 The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed in Christ.
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the Lord’s followers.
But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.
3 Therefore Paul and Barnabas spent a long time there, and spoke out fearlessly, relying on the Lord, who confirmed the message of his love by permitting signs and wonders to take place at their hands.
Long time therefore they tarried [there] speaking boldly in the Lord, which bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4 But the townspeople were divided, some siding with the Jews, some with the apostles;
But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
5 and, when there was an attempt on the part of both Gentiles and Jews, with their leaders, to resort to violence and to stone them,
And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to entreat them shamefully, and to stone them,
6 the apostles heard of it, and took refuge in Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and in the district round,
they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
7 and there they continued to tell the good news.
and there they preached the gospel.
8 In the streets of Lystra there used to sit a man who had no power in his feet; he had been lame from his birth, and had never walked.
And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.
9 This man was listening to Paul speaking, when Paul, looking intently at him, and seeing that he had the faith to be healed,
The same heard Paul speaking: who, fastening his eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
10 said loudly, ‘Stand upright on your feet.’ The man leaped up, and began walking about,
said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.
11 and the crowd, seeing what Paul had done, called out in the Lycaonian language, ‘The Gods have come down to us in human form.’
And when the multitudes saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
12 So they called Barnabas “Zeus,” and Paul “Hermes,” because he took the lead in speaking;
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.
13 and the priest of Zeus-beyond-the-Walls, accompanied by the crowd, brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, with the intention of offering sacrifices.
And the priest of Jupiter whose [temple] was before the city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.
14 But, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd. ‘Friends, why are you doing this?’ they shouted.
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out
15 ‘We are only people like yourselves, and we have come with the good news that you should turn away from these follies to a living God, who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:
16 In bygone times he permitted all the nations to go their own ways.
who in the generations gone by suffered all the nations to walk in their own ways.
17 Yet he has not failed to give you, in the good he does, some revelation of himself – sending you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, and gladdening your hearts with plenty and good cheer.’
And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
18 Even with this appeal they could hardly restrain the people from offering sacrifice to them.
And with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them.
19 Presently, however, there came some Jews from Antioch, and Iconium who, after they had won over the people, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the town, thinking him to be dead.
But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
20 But, when the disciples had gathered round him, he got up and went back into the town; the next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe.
But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and entered into the city: and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 After telling the good news throughout that town, and making a number of converts, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,
22 reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the kingdom of God.
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
23 They also appointed elders for them in every church, and, after prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had learned to believe.
And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
24 Paul and Barnabas then went through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia,
And they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
25 and, after telling the message at Perga, went down to Attaleia.
And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;
26 From there they sailed to Antioch – the place where they had been committed to the gracious care of God for the work which they had now finished.
and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
27 After their arrival, they gathered the church together, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do, and especially how he had opened to the Gentiles the door of faith;
And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and how that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.
28 and at Antioch they stayed with the disciples for a considerable time.
And they tarried no little time with the disciples.
