Acts 13:37–14:28

³⁷but he whom ^wGod raised up did not see corruption. ³⁸Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, ^xthat through this man ^yforgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹and by him ^zeveryone who believes is freed³ from everything ^afrom which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. ⁴⁰Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:

^41b“ ‘Look, you scoffers,

be astounded and perish;

for I am doing a work in your days,

a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’ ”

⁴²As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath. ⁴³And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and ^cdevout ^dconverts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them ^eto continue in ^fthe grace of God.

⁴⁴The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. ^45gBut ^hwhen the Jews⁴ saw the crowds, they were filled with ⁱjealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, ^jreviling him. ⁴⁶And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God ^kbe spoken first to you. ^lSince you thrust it aside and judge yourselves ^munworthy of eternal life, behold, we ⁿare turning to the Gentiles. ^47oFor so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

^p“ ‘I have made you ^qa light for the Gentiles,

that you may ^rbring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”

⁴⁸And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and ^sglorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region. ^50tBut the Jews incited the devout ^uwomen of high standing and the leading men of the city, ^vstirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and ^wdrove them out of their district. ⁵¹But they ^xshook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium. ⁵²And the disciples were filled ^ywith joy and ^zwith the Holy Spirit.

Paul and Barnabas at Iconium

14Now at Iconium ^athey entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. ^2bBut the ^cunbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against ^dthe brothers.^{1 3}So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for ^ethe Lord, who bore witness to ^fthe word of his grace, ^ggranting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. ⁴But the people of the city ^hwere divided; ⁱsome sided with the Jews and some with the apostles. ⁵When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, ^jto mistreat them and ^kto stone them, ⁶they learned of it and ^lfled to ^mLystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country, ⁷and there they continued to preach the gospel.

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

⁸Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was ⁿcrippled from birth and had never walked. ⁹He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and ^oseeing that he had faith to be made well,^{2 10}said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he ^psprang up and began walking. ¹¹And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, ^q“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” ¹²Barnabas they called ^rZeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³And the priest of ^rZeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and ^swanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. ¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^ttore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, ¹⁵“Men, ^uwhy are you doing these things? We also are men, ^vof like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that ^wyou should turn from these ^xvain things to ^ya living God, ^zwho made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. ¹⁶In past generations he ^aallowed all the nations ^bto walk in their own ways. ¹⁷Yet ^che did not leave himself without witness, for he ^ddid good by ^egiving you rains from heaven and ^ffruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with ^gfood and ^hgladness.” ¹⁸Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

Paul Stoned at Lystra

¹⁹ⁱBut Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^jthey 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 ^kmade many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, ^22lstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ^mto continue in ⁿthe faith, and saying that ^othrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. ²³And when they had ^pappointed ^qelders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^rthey committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria

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, ^swhere they had been ^tcommended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. ²⁷And when they arrived and gathered the church together, ^uthey declared all that God had done with them, and ^vhow he had ^wopened ^xa door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸And they remained no little time with the disciples.