Jul. 22, 23
Acts 14
Act 14:1 It happened in
Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews,
and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks
believed.
Act 14:2 But the
disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles
against the brothers.
Act 14:3 Therefore they
stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified
to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by
their hands.
Act 14:4 But the
multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part
with the apostles.
Act 14:5 When some of
both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent
attempt to mistreat and stone them,
Act 14:6 they became
aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and
the surrounding region.
Act 14:7 There they
preached the Good News.
Act 14:8 At Lystra a
certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's
womb, who never had walked.
Act 14:9 He was
listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing
that he had faith to be made whole,
Act 14:10 said with a
loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" He leaped up and
walked.
Act 14:11 When the
multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying
in the language of Lycaonia, "The gods have come down to us in
the likeness of men!"
Act 14:12 They called
Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because
he was the chief speaker.
Act 14:13 The priest of
Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and
garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the
multitudes.
Act 14:14 But when the
apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes,
and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
Act 14:15 "Men,
why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with
you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain
things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea,
and all that is in them;
Act 14:16 who in the
generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own
ways.
Act 14:17 Yet he didn't
leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains
from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and
gladness."
Act 14:18 Even saying
these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a
sacrifice to them.
Act 14:19 But some Jews
from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the
multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city,
supposing that he was dead.
Act 14:20 But as the
disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On
the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.
Act 14:21 When they had
preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples,
they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
Act 14:22 confirming
the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith,
and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of
God.
Act 14:23 When they had
appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with
fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Act 14:24 They passed
through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
Act 14:25 When they had
spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
Act 14:26 From there
they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the
grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
Act 14:27 When they had
arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all
the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door
of faith to the nations.
Act 14:28 They stayed
there with the disciples for a long time.