Acts 14:1-12 ▼

1 The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

3 So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

6 Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.

7 There they continued to proclaim the good news.

8 In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

10 he said with a loud voice, |Stand upright on your feet.| And the man leaped up and began walking.

11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, |The gods have come down to us in human form!|

12 They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.