⁸And in Lystra a certain man was sitting powerless in his feet, lame from birth,^e who had never walked. ⁹This man listened while^* Paul was speaking. Paul,^f looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed, ¹⁰said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” And he leaped up and began walking.^* ¹¹And when^* the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, “The gods have become like men and^* have come down to us!” ¹²And they began calling^* Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the principal speaker.^g ¹³And the priest of the temple^* of Zeus that was just outside the city brought bulls and garlands to the gates and^* was wanting to offer sacrifice, along with the crowds. ¹⁴But when^* the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it,^* they tore their clothing and^* rushed out into the crowd, shouting ¹⁵and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things that are in them—¹⁶who in generations that are past permitted all the nations^h to go their own ways. ¹⁷And yet he did not leave himself without witness by^* doing good, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you^* with food and your hearts with gladness.” ¹⁸And although^* they said these things, only with difficulty did they dissuade the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

¹⁹But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and when they^* had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him^* outside the city, thinking he was dead. ²⁰But after^* the disciples surrounded him, he got up and^* went into the city. And on the next day he departed with Barnabas for Derbe.

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Footnotes

eLiterally “his mother’s womb”
*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was speaking”)
fLiterally “who”
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began walking”)
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“have become like”) has been translated as a finite verb
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began calling”)
gLiterally “leader of the message”
*The word “temple” is not in the Greek text but is implied
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“brought”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard about”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“tore”) has been translated as a finite verb
hOr “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“doing good”) which is understood as means
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“said”) which is understood as concessive
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had won over”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“surrounded”)
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got up”) has been translated as a finite verb