Thematic Bible
Acts 14:1 (show verse)
Now it happened that in Iconium they entered {together} into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Acts 14:2 (show verse)
But the Jews who were disobedient stirred up and {poisoned the minds} of the Gentiles against the brothers.
Acts 14:3 (show verse)
So they stayed [there] for a considerable time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.
Acts 14:4 (show verse)
But the population of the city was divided, and {some} were with the Jews {and some} with the apostles.
Acts 14:5 (show verse)
So when an inclination took place [on the part] of both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat [them] and to stone them,
Acts 14:6 (show verse)
they became aware of [it] [and] fled to the Lycaonian cities--Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
Acts 14:7 (show verse)
And there they were continuing to proclaim the good news.
Acts 14:8 (show verse)
And in Lystra a certain man was sitting powerless in his feet, lame from {birth}, who had never walked.
Acts 14:9 (show verse)
This man listened [while] Paul was speaking. {Paul}, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed,
Acts 14:10 (show verse)
said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" And he leaped up and began walking.
Acts 14:11 (show verse)
And [when] the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, "The gods have become like men [and] have come down to us!"
Acts 14:12 (show verse)
And they began calling Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the {principal speaker}.
Acts 14:13 (show verse)
And the priest of the [temple] of Zeus that was just outside the city brought bulls and garlands to the gates [and] was wanting to offer sacrifice, along with the crowds.
Acts 14:14 (show verse)
But [when] the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about [it], they tore their clothing [and] rushed out into the crowd, shouting
Acts 14:15 (show verse)
and saying, "Men, why are you doing these [things]? We also are men with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news [that] you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things [that are] in them--
Acts 14:16 (show verse)
who in generations that are past permitted all the nations to go their [own] ways.
Acts 14:17 (show verse)
And yet he did not leave himself without witness [by] doing good, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying [you] with food and your hearts with gladness."
Acts 14:18 (show verse)
And [although] they said these [things], [only] with difficulty did they dissuade the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
Acts 14:19 (show verse)
But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and [when they] had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged [him] outside the city, thinking he was dead.
Acts 14:20 (show verse)
But [after] the disciples surrounded him, he got up [and] went into the city. And on the next day he departed with Barnabas for Derbe.
Acts 14:21 (show verse)
And [after they] had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
Acts 14:22 (show verse)
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."
Acts 14:23 (show verse)
And [when they] had appointed elders for them in every church, [after] praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Acts 14:24 (show verse)
And they passed through Pisidia [and] came to Pamphylia.
Acts 14:25 (show verse)
And [after] they proclaimed the message in Perga, they went down to Attalia,
Acts 14:26 (show verse)
and from there they sailed away to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.
Acts 14:27 (show verse)
And [when they] arrived and called the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
Acts 14:28 (show verse)
And they stayed no little time with the disciples.