Acts 14:11–19

¹¹Now when the people saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, ^j“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” ¹²And Barnabas they called ⁴Zeus, and Paul, ⁵Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, ^kintending to sacrifice with the multitudes.

¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, ^lthey tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out ¹⁵and saying, “Men, ^mwhy are you doing these things? ⁿWe also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from ^othese useless things ^pto the living God, ^qwho made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, ^16rwho in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways. ^17sNevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, ^tgave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with ^ufood and gladness.” ¹⁸And with these sayings they could scarcely restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.

Stoning, Escape to Derbe

^19vThen Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, ^wthey stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be ^xdead.