In Iconium
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📚And in Iconium it happened that they went together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. 2 📚But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the brethren✭. 3 📚✭Therefore, for a long time they stayed there, speaking boldly in the Lord, who gave testimony to the word of his grace by granting miraculous signs and wonders✭ to be done by their hands. 4 📚But the multitude of the city was divided and part of them sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 5 📚✭And when there was a violent attempt made by both some of the Gentiles and some of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them outrageously and stone them, 6 📚they were aware of it, and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the region that lies around them. 7 📚And there they preached the gospel.In Lystra and Derbe
8 📚And at Lystra there sat a certain man disabled in his feet, who was a cripple from his mother’s womb, and had never walked. 9 📚✭This man heard Paul speak. Paul looked intently at him and, perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 📚said with a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet”. And he leaped and walked.
11 📚✭And when the people saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men”. 12 📚And they called Barnabas, Zeus; and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. 13 📚✭Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and with the people wanted to offer a sacrifice to them.
14 📚When the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of this, they tore their clothes, and rushed in among the people, crying out 15 📚✭and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with the same nature as you, and we proclaim to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God who made heaven and earth and the sea, and everything that is in them. 16 📚✭In times past he let all nations walk in their own ways. 17 📚✭Nevertheless, he did not leave himself without testimony, for he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness”. 18 📚✭And with these words they could hardly restrain the people from offering a sacrifice to them.
19 📚Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there and won over the people, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 📚✭However, as the disciples stood around him, he rose up and came into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 📚And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22 📚✭strengthening the souls of the disciples, and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and teaching: “We must enter the kingdom of God through much trouble”. 23 📚 And when they had ordained elders✭ for them in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed. 24 📚✭And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26 📚And from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had now finished. 27 📚✭And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 📚And there they stayed a long time with the disciples.