Acts 14:1-12 ▼

1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spoke, so that there believed a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks;

2 and the unbelieving Jews stirred up and made the souls of the nations evil against the brothers;

3 [for a] long time, indeed, therefore, they abided speaking boldly in the LORD, who is testifying to the word of His grace, and granting signs and wonders to come to pass through their hands.

4 And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles,

5 and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to mistreat [them], and to stone them,

6 they having become aware, fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the surrounding region,

7 and there they were proclaiming good news.

8 And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother—who never had walked;

9 this one was hearing Paul speaking, who, having steadfastly beheld him, and having seen that he has faith to be saved,

10 said with a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet upright”; and he was springing and walking,

11 and the multitudes having seen what Paul did, lifted up their voice in the speech of Lycaonia, saying, “The gods, having become like men, came down to us”;

12 they were also calling Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.