Thematic Bible: Paul is persecuted by the people of


Thematic Bible



persecutions, sufferings; what manner of things happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

Now it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the gentiles against the brethren. A long time, therefore, they tarried there, speaking boldly in the Lord, Who testified to the word of His grace, by granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands. read more.
But the multitude of the city was divided; and some, indeed, held with the Jews, and some with the apostles. But, when a hostile movement was made, both of the gentiles and Jews with their rulers, to maltreat and stone them; they, becoming aware it, fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about;