14:8 In ⁷  Lystra ⁸  sat a man who could not use his feet, ⁹  lame from birth, ¹⁰  who had never walked. 14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul ¹¹  stared ¹²  intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, 14:10 he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ¹³  And the man ¹⁴  leaped up and began walking. ¹⁵  14:11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted ¹⁶  in the Lycaonian language, ¹⁷  “The gods have come down to us in human form!” ¹⁸  14:12 They began to call ¹⁹  Barnabas Zeus ²⁰  and Paul Hermes, ²¹  because he was the chief speaker. 14:13 The priest of the temple ²²  of Zeus, ²³  located just outside the city, brought bulls ²⁴  and garlands ²⁵  to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. ²⁶  14:14 But when the apostles ²⁷  Barnabas and Paul heard about ²⁸  it, they tore ²⁹  their clothes and rushed out ³⁰  into the crowd, shouting, ³¹  14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures ³²  just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn ³³  from these worthless ³⁴  things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, ³⁵  the sea, and everything that is in them. 14:16 In ³⁶  past ³⁷  generations he allowed all the nations ³⁸  to go their own ways, 14:17 yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, ³⁹  by giving you rain from heaven ⁴⁰  and fruitful seasons, satisfying you ⁴¹  with food and your hearts with joy.” ⁴²  14:18 Even by saying ⁴³  these things, they scarcely persuaded ⁴⁴  the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.