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Acceptance and Opposition
1 In
AIconium
Bthey entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner
Cthat a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of
DGreeks.
2 But
Athe Jews who
1Bdisbelieved stirred up the
2minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against
Cthe brethren.
3 Therefore they spent a long time
there Aspeaking boldly
with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that
1Bsigns and wonders be done by their hands.
4 ABut the
1people of the city were divided; and some
2sided with
Bthe Jews, and some with
Cthe apostles.
5 And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and
Athe Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to
Bstone them,
6 they became aware of it and fled to the cities of
ALycaonia,
BLystra and
CDerbe, and the surrounding region;
7 and there they continued to
Apreach the gospel.
8 At
ALystra
Ba man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.
9 This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who,
Awhen he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had
Bfaith to be
1made well,
10 said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.”
AAnd he leaped up and
began to walk.
11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the
ALycaonian language, “
BThe gods have become like men and have come down to us.”
12 And they
began calling Barnabas,
1Zeus, and Paul,
2Hermes, because he was
3the chief speaker.
13 The priest of Zeus, whose
temple was
1just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and
Awanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.
14 But when
Athe apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they
Btore their
1robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also
Amen of the same nature as you, and
Bpreach the gospel to you that you should turn from these
1Cvain things to a
Dliving God,
Ewʜo ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀvᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.
16 “
1In the generations gone by He
Apermitted all the
2nations to
Bgo their own ways;
17 and yet
AHe did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and
Bgave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons,
1satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
18 Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
19 But
AJews came from
BAntioch and
CIconium, and having won over the crowds, they
Dstoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
20 But while
Athe disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to
BDerbe.
21 After they had
Apreached the gospel to that city and had
Bmade many disciples, they returned to
CLystra and to
DIconium and to
EAntioch,
22 strengthening the souls of
Athe disciples, encouraging them to continue in
Bthe faith, and
saying, “
CThrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
23 When
Athey had appointed
Belders for them in every church, having
Cprayed with fasting, they
Dcommended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
24 They passed through
APisidia and came into
BPamphylia.
25 When they had spoken the word in
APerga, they went down to Attalia.
26 From there they sailed to
AAntioch, from
Bwhich they had been
Ccommended to the grace of God for the work that they had
1accomplished.
27 When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they
began to
Areport all things that God had done with them and
1how He had opened a
Bdoor of faith to the Gentiles.
28 And they spent
1a long time with
Athe disciples.