Chapter 14
1 In Iconium , they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews , and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed .
2 But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.
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 .
4 But the multitude of the city was divided . Part sided with the Jews and part with the apostles.
5 When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews , with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them ,
6 they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia , Lystra , Derbe , and the surrounding region .
7 There they preached the Good News .
8 At Lystra a certain man sat , impotent in his feet , a cripple from his mother ’s womb , who never had walked .
9 He was listening to Paul speaking , who , fastening eyes on him and seeing that he had faith to be made whole ,
10 said with a loud voice , "Stand upright on your feet !" He leapt up and walked .
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 !"
12 They called Barnabas " Jupiter ", and Paul "Mercury", because he was the chief speaker .
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 .
14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul , heard of it , they tore their clothes and sprang into the multitude , crying out ,
15 " Men , why are you doing these things ? We also are men of the same nature as you , and bring you good news , that you should turn from these vain things to the living God , who made the sky , the earth , the sea , and all that is in them ;
16 who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways .
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 ."
18 Even saying these things , they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them .
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 .
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 .
21 When they had preached the Good News to that city and had made many disciples , they returned to Lystra , Iconium , and Antioch,
22 strengthening the souls of the disciples , exhorting them to continue in the faith , and that through many afflictions we must enter into God ’s Kingdom.
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 .
24 They passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia .
25 When they had spoken the word in Perga , they went down to Attalia.
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 .
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 .
28 They stayed there with the disciples for a long time .