1 N ow it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed.

2 B ut the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

3 T herefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

4 B ut the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

5 A nd when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,

6 t hey became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.

7 A nd they were preaching the gospel there. Idolatry at Lystra

8 A nd in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

9 T his man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

10 s aid with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And he leaped and walked.

11 N ow when the people saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

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

13 T hen the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to sacrifice with the multitudes.

14 B ut when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out

15 a nd saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

16 w ho in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.

17 N evertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

18 A nd with these sayings they could scarcely restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them. Stoning, Escape to Derbe

19 T hen Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

20 H owever, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. Strengthening the Converts

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

22 s trengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

23 S o when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

24 A nd after they had passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.

25 N ow when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

26 F rom there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed.

27 N ow when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

28 S o they stayed there a long time with the disciples.