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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Acts 14 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/acts/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > Acts 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/13.htm" title="Acts 13">◄</a> Acts 14 <a href="../acts/15.htm" title="Acts 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch51014" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn51014" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Paul and Barnabas at Iconium.</span> <span id="v51014001" class="ver">1</span>In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue together and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks came to believe, <span id="v51014002" class="ver">2</span>although the disbelieving Jews stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers. <span id="v51014003" class="ver">3</span>So they stayed for a considerable period, speaking out boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the word about his grace by granting signs and wonders to occur through their hands.<a id="ren51014003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014003-a">a</a> <span id="v51014004" class="ver">4</span>The people of the city were divided: some were with the Jews; others, with the apostles. <span id="v51014005" class="ver">5</span>When there was an attempt by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their leaders, to attack and stone them,<a id="ren51014005-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014005-b">b</a> <span id="v51014006" class="ver">6</span>they realized it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside, <span id="v51014007" class="ver">7</span>where they continued to proclaim the good news.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Paul and Barnabas at Lystra.</span> <span id="v51014008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn51014008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51014008-1">*</a> At Lystra there was a crippled man, lame from birth, who had never walked. <span id="v51014009" class="ver">9</span>He listened to Paul speaking, who looked intently at him, saw that he had the faith to be healed, <span id="v51014010" class="ver">10</span>and called out in a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet.” He jumped up and began to walk about. <span id="v51014011" class="ver">11</span>When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they cried out in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in human form.”<a id="ren51014011-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014011-c">c</a> <span id="v51014012" class="ver">12</span>They called Barnabas “Zeus”<a id="rfn51014012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51014012-1">*</a> and Paul “Hermes,” because he was the chief speaker. <span id="v51014013" class="ver">13</span>And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, for he together with the people intended to offer sacrifice.</p> <p><span id="v51014014" class="ver">14</span>The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their garments<a id="rfn51014014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51014014-1">*</a> when they heard this and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, <span id="v51014015" class="ver">15</span><a id="rfn51014015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51014015-1">*</a> “Men, why are you doing this? We are of the same nature as you, human beings. We proclaim to you good news that you should turn from these idols to the living God, ‘who made heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them.’<a id="ren51014015-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014015-d">d</a> <span id="v51014016" class="ver">16</span>In past generations he allowed all Gentiles to go their own ways;<a id="ren51014016-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014016-e">e</a> <span id="v51014017" class="ver">17</span>yet, in bestowing his goodness, he did not leave himself without witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filled you with nourishment and gladness for your hearts.”<a id="ren51014017-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014017-f">f</a> <span id="v51014018" class="ver">18</span>Even with these words, they scarcely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.</p> <p><span id="v51014019" class="ver">19</span><a id="ren51014019-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014019-g">g</a> However, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. <span id="v51014020" class="ver">20</span>But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">End of the First Mission.</span> <span id="v51014021" class="ver">21</span>After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. <span id="v51014022" class="ver">22</span>They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”<a id="ren51014022-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014022-h">h</a> <span id="v51014023" class="ver">23</span>They appointed presbyters<a id="rfn51014023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn51014023-1">*</a> for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith. <span id="v51014024" class="ver">24</span>Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. <span id="v51014025" class="ver">25</span>After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia. <span id="v51014026" class="ver">26</span>From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished.<a id="ren51014026-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en51014026-i">i</a> <span id="v51014027" class="ver">27</span>And when they arrived, they called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. <span id="v51014028" class="ver">28</span>Then they spent no little time with the disciples.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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