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unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So they stayed there a long time and spoke boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace by enabling them to do signs and wonders.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There they continued preaching the gospel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Mistaken for Gods in Lystra</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In Lystra a man was sitting who was without strength in his feet, had never walked, and had been lame from birth. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He listened as Paul spoke. After looking directly at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Paul said in a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet! ” And he jumped up and began to walk around.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought bulls and wreaths to the gates because he intended, with the crowds, to offer sacrifice.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to the living God, <span class="otquote">who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.15.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In past generations he allowed all the nations<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to go their own way, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>although he did not leave himself without a witness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> since he did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.17.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and filling you with food and your<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Acts.14.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> hearts with joy.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>After the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">Church Planting</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>After they had preached the gospel in that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>strengthening the<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Acts.14.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many hardships<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.22.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> to enter the kingdom of God.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When they had appointed elders<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>After they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and that he had opened the door<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Acts.14.27.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> of faith to the Gentiles. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Acts.14.28" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they spent a considerable time with the disciples.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Acts.14" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Acts.14.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.17">14:17</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">our</span></aside><aside id="fn.Acts.14.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.22">14:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the souls of the</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Acts.14" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.1">14:1</a></span> Ac 13:5,51; 14:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.2">14:2</a></span> Jn 3:36; Ac 13:50</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.3">14:3</a></span> Mk 16:20; Jn 4:48; Ac 4:29; 20:32; Heb 2:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.4">14:4</a></span> Ac 17:4–5; 19:9; 28:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.6">14:6</a></span> Mt 10:23; 2Tm 3:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.7">14:7</a></span> Ac 14:15,21; 16:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.8">14:8-10</a></span> Mk 6:56; Php 2:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.11">14:11</a></span> Ac 8:10; 28:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.14">14:14</a></span> Mt 26:65; Mk 14:63</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.15">14:15</a></span> 1Sm 12:21; 1Co 8:4; 1Th 1:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.15">14:15</a></span> Ex 20:11; Ps 146:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.15.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.15">14:15</a></span> Gn 1:1; Ex 20:11; Ps 146:6; Jr 14:22; Rv 14:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.16">14:16</a></span> Ps 81:2; Mc 4:5; Ac 17:30; 1Pt 4:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.17">14:17</a></span> Ac 17:26–27; Rm 1:19–20</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.17.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.17">14:17</a></span> Lv 26:4; Dt 11:14; 28:12; Jb 5:10; Ps 65:10; 147:8; Ezk 34:26; Jl 2:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.19">14:19</a></span> Ac 13:45,51; 2Co 11:25; 2Tm 3:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.20">14:20</a></span> Ac 11:26; 14:22,28</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.21">14:21</a></span> Mt 28:19; Ac 13:51</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.22">14:22</a></span> Ac 11:23; 13:43</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.22.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.22">14:22</a></span> Lk 22:48; Jn 15:20; 16:33; Ac 9:16; Rm 8:17; 1Th 3:3; 2Tm 3:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.23">14:23</a></span> Ac 11:30; 13:3; 20:32; Ti 1:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.26">14:26</a></span> Ac 11:19; 13:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.27">14:27</a></span> Ac 15:12; 21:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Acts.14.27.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Acts.14.27">14:27</a></span> 1Co 16:9; 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