Paul and Barnabas at Iconium

¹Now at Iconium athey entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. ²bBut the cunbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against dthe brothers.1 ³So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for ethe Lord, who bore witness to fthe word of his grace, ggranting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. ⁴But the people of the city hwere divided; isome sided with the Jews and some with the apostles. ⁵When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, jto mistreat them and kto stone them, ⁶they learned of it and lfled to mLystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country, ⁷and there they continued to preach the gospel.

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

⁸Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was ncrippled from birth and had never walked. ⁹He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and oseeing that he had faith to be made well,2 ¹⁰said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he psprang up and began walking. ¹¹And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, q“The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” ¹²Barnabas they called rZeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³And the priest of rZeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and swanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. ¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ttore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, ¹⁵“Men, uwhy are you doing these things? We also are men, vof like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that wyou should turn from these xvain things to ya living God, zwho made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. ¹⁶In past generations he aallowed all the nations bto walk in their own ways. ¹⁷Yet che did not leave himself without witness, for he ddid good by egiving you rains from heaven and ffruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with gfood and hgladness.” ¹⁸Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

Paul Stoned at Lystra

¹⁹iBut Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, jthey stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. ²⁰But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. ²¹When they had preached the gospel to that city and had kmade many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, ²²lstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them mto continue in nthe faith, and saying that othrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. ²³And when they had pappointed qelders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting rthey committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria

²⁴Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. ²⁵And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, ²⁶and from there they sailed to Antioch, swhere they had been tcommended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. ²⁷And when they arrived and gathered the church together, uthey declared all that God had done with them, and vhow he had wopened xa door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸And they remained no little time with the disciples.