14:1 The same thing happened in Iconium ¹  when Paul and Barnabas ²  went into the Jewish synagogue ³  and spoke in such a way that a large group ⁴  of both Jews and Greeks believed. 14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe ⁵  stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds ⁶  against the brothers. 14:3 So they stayed there ⁷  for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified ⁸  to the message ⁹  of his grace, granting miraculous signs ¹⁰  and wonders to be performed through their hands. 14:4 But the population ¹¹  of the city was divided; some ¹²  sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. 14:5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made ¹³  an attempt to mistreat ¹⁴  them and stone them, ¹⁵  14:6 Paul and Barnabas ¹⁶  learned about it ¹⁷  and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra ¹⁸  and Derbe ¹⁹  and the surrounding region. 14:7 There ²⁰  they continued to proclaim ²¹  the good news.

14:8 In ²²  Lystra ²³  sat a man who could not use his feet, ²⁴  lame from birth, ²⁵  who had never walked. 14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul ²⁶  stared ²⁷  intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, 14:10 he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ²⁸  And the man ²⁹  leaped up and began walking. ³⁰  14:11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted ³¹  in the Lycaonian language, ³²  “The gods have come down to us in human form!” ³³  14:12 They began to call ³⁴  Barnabas Zeus ³⁵  and Paul Hermes, ³⁶  because he was the chief speaker. 14:13 The priest of the temple ³⁷  of Zeus, ³⁸  located just outside the city, brought bulls ³⁹  and garlands ⁴⁰  to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. ⁴¹  14:14 But when the apostles ⁴²  Barnabas and Paul heard about ⁴³  it, they tore ⁴⁴  their clothes and rushed out ⁴⁵  into the crowd, shouting, ⁴⁶  14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures ⁴⁷  just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn ⁴⁸  from these worthless ⁴⁹  things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, ⁵⁰  the sea, and everything that is in them. 14:16 In ⁵¹  past ⁵²  generations he allowed all the nations ⁵³  to go their own ways, 14:17 yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, ⁵⁴  by giving you rain from heaven ⁵⁵  and fruitful seasons, satisfying you ⁵⁶  with food and your hearts with joy.” ⁵⁷  14:18 Even by saying ⁵⁸  these things, they scarcely persuaded ⁵⁹  the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

14:19 But Jews came from Antioch ⁶⁰  and Iconium, ⁶¹  and after winning ⁶²  the crowds over, they stoned ⁶³  Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. 14:20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back ⁶⁴  into the city. On ⁶⁵  the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. ⁶⁶ 

14:21 After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, ⁶⁷  to Iconium, ⁶⁸  and to Antioch. ⁶⁹  14:22 They strengthened ⁷⁰  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ⁷¹  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ⁷²  of God through many persecutions.” ⁷³  14:23 When they had appointed elders ⁷⁴  for them in the various churches, ⁷⁵  with prayer and fasting ⁷⁶  they entrusted them to the protection ⁷⁷  of the Lord in whom they had believed. 14:24 Then they passed through ⁷⁸  Pisidia and came into Pamphylia, ⁷⁹  14:25 and when they had spoken the word ⁸⁰  in Perga, ⁸¹  they went down to Attalia. ⁸²  14:26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, ⁸³  where they had been commended ⁸⁴  to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. ⁸⁵  14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported ⁸⁶  all the things God ⁸⁷  had done with them, and that he had opened a door ⁸⁸  of faith for the Gentiles. 14:28 So they spent ⁸⁹  considerable ⁹⁰  time with the disciples.