Acts 14

¹Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed .

²But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers .

³So they remained for a long time , speaking boldly for the Lord , who bore witness to the word of his grace , granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands .

⁴But the people of the city were divided ; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles .

⁵When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews , with their rulers , to mistreat them and to stone them ,

⁶they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe , cities of Lycaonia , and to the surrounding country ,

⁷and there they continued to preach the gospel .

⁸Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet . He was crippled from birth and had never walked .

⁹He listened to Paul speaking . And Paul , looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well ,

¹⁰said in a loud voice , Stand upright on your feet . And he sprang up and began walking .

¹¹And when the crowds saw what Paul had done , they lifted up their voices , saying in Lycaonian , The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men !

¹²Barnabas they called Zeus , and Paul , Hermes , because he was the chief speaker .

¹³And the priest of Zeus , whose temple was at the entrance to the city , brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds .

¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd , crying out ,

¹⁵Men , why are you doing these things ? We also are men , of like nature with you , and we bring you good news , that you should turn from these vain things to a living God , who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them .

¹⁶In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways .

¹⁷Yet he did not leave himself without witness , for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons , satisfying your hearts with food and gladness .

¹⁸Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them .

¹⁹But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium , and having persuaded the crowds , they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city , supposing that he was dead .

²⁰But when the disciples gathered about him , he rose up and entered the city , and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe .

²¹When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples , they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch ,

²²strengthening the souls of the disciples , encouraging them to continue in the faith , and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God .

²³And when they had appointed elders for them in every church , with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed .

²⁴Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia .

²⁵And when they had spoken the word in Perga , they went down to Attalia ,

²⁶and from there they sailed to Antioch , where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled .

²⁷And when they arrived and gathered the church together , they declared all that God had done with them , and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles .

²⁸And they remained no little time with the disciples .