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<span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>but the unbelieving Jews [who rejected Jesus as Messiah] stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>believers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Paul and Barnabas stayed for a long time, speaking boldly <i>and</i> confidently for the Lord, who continued to testify to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders (attesting miracles) be done by them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But the people of the city were divided; some were <i>siding</i> with the Jews, and some with the apostles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When there was an attempt by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to shamefully mistreat and to stone them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>they, aware of the situation, escaped to Lystra and Derbe, [taking refuge in the] cities of Lycaonia, and the neighboring region; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and there they continued to preach the good news. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now at Lystra a man sat who was unable to use his feet, for he was crippled from birth and had never walked. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, and Paul looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and said with a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet.” And he jumped up and <i>began</i> to walk. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, raised their voices, shouting in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>in human form!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They began calling Barnabas, Zeus [chief of the Greek gods], and Paul, Hermes [messenger of the Greek gods], since he took the lead in speaking. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The priest of Zeus, whose <i>temple</i> was at the entrance of the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates, and wanted to offer sacrifices with the crowds. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are only men of the same nature as you, bringing the good news to you, so that you turn from these useless <i>and</i> meaningless things to the living God, WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In generations past He permitted all the nations to go their own ways; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>yet He did not leave Himself without some witness [as evidence of Himself], in that He kept constantly doing good things <i>and</i> showing you kindness, and giving you rains from heaven and productive seasons, filling your hearts with food and happiness.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Even saying these words, with difficulty they prevented the people from offering sacrifices to them. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the disciples formed a circle around him, and he got up and went back into the city; and the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They preached the good news to that city and made many disciples, then they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>strengthening <i>and</i> establishing the hearts of the disciples; encouraging them to remain firm in the faith, saying, “It is through many tribulations <i>and</i> hardships that we must enter the kingdom of God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they believed [and joyfully accepted as the Messiah]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When they had spoken the word [of salvation through faith in Christ] in Perga, they went down to Attalia. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>From there they sailed back to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>Antioch, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>work which they had now completed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Arriving <i>there,</i> they gathered the church together and <i>began</i> to report [in great detail] everything that God had done with them and how He had opened to the Gentiles a door of faith [in Jesus as the Messiah and Savior]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/14-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>brethren</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> An ancient dialect no longer known.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>having become like humans</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> This was the customary Jewish response to blasphemy, which in this case was appropriate because the apostles were wrongly being identified as gods.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> This was the third largest city in the Roman Empire and was part of the province of Galatia.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> The first missionary journey lasted about eighteen months.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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