Acts

¹In Iconium, both Paul and Barnabas entered into the synagogue of the Jews. They spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed. ²But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and poisoned the souls of the Gentiles against the brethren. ³Therefore, Paul and Barnabas stayed there for a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord. Moreover, the Lord bore witness to the word¹⁴⁴⁹ of his grace¹⁴⁵⁰ and granted that signs and wonders be done by their hands. ⁴However, the city was divided. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. ⁵Then a group of Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, plotted to attack and stone them. ⁶But Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and to the surrounding region. ⁷There, they continued to preach the Good News.

⁸At Lystra, there was a certain man sitting without strength in his feet. He was a cripple from his mother’s womb and he had never walked. ⁹He was listening to Paul speak when Paul fixed his eyes on him. Seeing that the man¹⁴⁵¹ had faith to be healed, ¹⁰Paul said with a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk. ¹¹When the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, shouting in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” ¹²They called Barnabas “Zeus” and Paul “Hermes,” because he was the chief speaker. ¹³The priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and they wanted to offer a sacrifice along with the crowd. ¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and ran¹⁴⁵² into the crowd, crying out, ¹⁵”Friends, why are you doing these things? We are men just like you, bringing you the Good News so that you should turn away from these vain things toward the living God who made the heaven,¹⁴⁵³ the earth, and the sea, and all that is in them. ¹⁶In past generations, he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. ¹⁷However, he did not leave himself without witness: he did good and gave you rains from the sky as well as fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

¹⁸Even by saying these things, they could hardly prevent the multitudes from offering a sacrifice to them. ¹⁹Then some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead. ²⁰But as the disciples stood around him, he got up and returned into the city. On the next day, he and Barnabas left for Derbe.

Return to Antioch

²¹After preaching the Good News to that city and having made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. ²²They strengthened the souls of the disciples and exhorted them to continue in the faith, [saying] that “we must go through many afflictions to enter the Kingdom of God.” ²³After appointing presbyters for them in every Church, with prayer and fasting, Paul and Barnabas committed them to the Lord in whom they placed their trust.

²⁴They passed through Pisidia and arrived in Pamphylia. ²⁵After preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. ²⁶From there, they sailed to Antioch from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had now fulfilled. ²⁷When they arrived, they gathered the Church and reported all that God had accomplished with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸They stayed there with the disciples for some time.

The council in Jerusalem

1449. Or “message/proclamation”
1450. Greek ca,ritoj (“underserved or gratuitous kindness or mercy”)
1451. Greek “he”
1452. CT reads “rushed out” instead of “ran”
1453. Or “sky”