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在以哥念

14 保罗和巴拿巴在以哥念照样进犹太的会堂讲道,结果一大群犹太人和希腊人都信了。 但不顺从的犹太人,煽动外族人,激起他们仇恨的心,来反对弟兄们。 两人却仍住了很久,靠着主放胆讲论,主也借着他们的手行神迹奇事,证实他恩惠的道。 城里众人就分裂了,有的附从犹太人,也有的附从使徒。 当时,外族人、犹太人,和他们的首领,蠢蠢欲动,想要侮辱使徒,用石头打他们。 两人知道了,就逃往吕高尼的路司得和特庇两城,以及周围的地方, 在那里传福音。

在路司得

路司得城有一个双脚无力的人,坐在那里。他生来就是瘸腿的,从来没有走过路。 他听保罗讲道;保罗注视他,见他有信心,可以治好, 10 就大声说:“你起来,两脚站直!”他就跳起来,并且走起路来。 11 众人看见保罗所作的事,就用吕高尼话大声说:“有神明成了人形,降到我们这里来了!” 12 于是他们称巴拿巴为宙斯,称保罗为汉密士,因为保罗带头讲话。 13 城门前宙斯庙的祭司,牵着几头公牛,拿着一些花环来到门口,要同群众一起献祭。 14 巴拿巴和保罗两个使徒听见了,就撕裂衣服,跳进群众中间,喊着说: 15 “各位,为甚么这样作呢?我们也是人,性情和你们一样,我们传福音给你们,正是要你们远离这些虚妄的事,归向永活的 神,就是那创造天、地、海和其中万物的 神。 16 在从前的世代里,他容忍万国各行其道, 17 然而却未尝不为自己留下明证,就如常常行善事,从天上降下雨来,常常赏赐丰年,使你们吃喝充足,满心欢乐。” 18 两人说完了这些话,这才阻止群众,不向他们献祭。

19 但有些犹太人,从安提阿、以哥念来,挑唆群众,用石头打保罗,以为他死了,就拖到城外去。 20 门徒正围着他的时候,他竟然站起来,走进城里去了。第二天,他跟巴拿巴一同到特庇去。

结束第一次宣教旅程

21 他们在那城里传福音,使许多人作了门徒,然后回到路司得、以哥念、安提阿, 22 坚固门徒的心,劝他们恒守所信的道,又说:“我们进入 神的国,必须经历许多苦难。” 23 两人在各教会为他们指派了长老;禁食祈祷之后,就把他们交托给所信的主。 24 两人经过彼西底,来到旁非利亚, 25 在别加讲道以后,就下到亚大利。 26 从那里坐船往安提阿。从前众人就是在这地方,把他们交托在 神的恩典中,派他们去工作,现在他们已经完成了。 27 他们到了那里,就召集了会众,报告 神跟他们一起所行的一切,并且他为外族人开了信道的门。 28 两人同门徒住了不少日子。

Paul and Barnabas in Iconium

14 Paul and Barnabas went to the city of Iconium. As they did in Antioch, they entered the Jewish synagogue. They spoke to the people there. They spoke so well that many Jews and Greeks believed what they said. But some of the Jews did not believe. They said things that caused the non-Jewish people to be angry and turn against the believers.

So Paul and Barnabas stayed in Iconium a long time, and they spoke bravely for the Lord. They told the people about God’s grace. The Lord proved that what they said was true by causing miraculous signs and wonders to be done through them. But some of the people in the city agreed with the Jews who did not believe Paul and Barnabas. Others followed the apostles. So the city was divided.

Some of the Jews there, as well as their leaders and some of the non-Jewish people, were determined to hurt Paul and Barnabas. They wanted to stone them to death. When Paul and Barnabas learned about this, they left the city. They went to Lystra and Derbe, cities in Lycaonia, and to the surrounding areas. They told the Good News there too.

Paul in Lystra and Derbe

In Lystra there was a man who had something wrong with his feet. He had been born crippled and had never walked. He was sitting and listening to Paul speak. Paul looked straight at him and saw that the man believed God could heal him. 10 So Paul shouted, “Stand up on your feet!” The man jumped up and began walking around.

11 When the people saw what Paul did, they shouted in their own Lycaonian language. They said, “The gods have come down to us in the form of humans!” 12 The people began to call Barnabas “Zeus,” and they called Paul “Hermes,” because he was the main speaker. 13 The temple of Zeus was near the city. The priest of this temple brought some bulls and flowers to the city gates. The priest and the people wanted to offer a sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas.

14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, understood what the people were doing, they tore their own clothes.[a] Then they ran in among the people and shouted to them: 15 “Men, why are you doing this? We are not gods. We are human just like you. We came to tell you the Good News. We are telling you to turn away from these worthless things. Turn to the true living God, the one who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

16 “In the past God let all the nations do what they wanted. 17 But God was always there doing the good things that prove he is real. He gives you rain from heaven and good harvests at the right times. He gives you plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”

18 Even after saying all this, Paul and Barnabas still could hardly stop the people from offering sacrifices to them.

19 Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded the people to turn against Paul. So they threw stones at him and dragged him out of the town. They thought they had killed him. 20 But when the followers of Jesus gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he and Barnabas left and went to the city of Derbe.

The Return to Antioch in Syria

21 They also told the Good News in the city of Derbe, and many people became followers of Jesus. Then Paul and Barnabas returned to the cities of Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. 22 In those cities they helped the followers grow stronger in their faith and encouraged them to continue trusting God. They told them, “We must suffer many things on our way into God’s kingdom.” 23 They also chose elders for each church and stopped eating for a period of time to pray for them. These elders were men who had put their trust in the Lord Jesus, so Paul and Barnabas put them in his care.

24 Paul and Barnabas went through the country of Pisidia. Then they came to the country of Pamphylia. 25 They told people the message of God in the city of Perga, and then they went down to the city of Attalia. 26 And from there they sailed away to Antioch in Syria. This is the city where the believers had put them into God’s care and sent them to do this work. Now they had finished it.

27 When Paul and Barnabas arrived, they gathered the church together. They told them everything God had used them to do. They said, “God opened a door for the non-Jewish people to believe!” 28 And they stayed there a long time with the Lord’s followers.

Footnotes

  1. Acts 14:14 tore … clothes This showed they were very upset.

In Iconium

14 At Iconium(A) Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue.(B) There they spoke so effectively that a great number(C) of Jews and Greeks believed. But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.(D) So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly(E) for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.(F) The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.(G) There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews,(H) together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.(I) But they found out about it and fled(J) to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, where they continued to preach(K) the gospel.(L)

In Lystra and Derbe

In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth(M) and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed(N) 10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!”(O) At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.(P)

11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”(Q) 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.(R) 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes(S) and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: 15 “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human,(T) like you. We are bringing you good news,(U) telling you to turn from these worthless things(V) to the living God,(W) who made the heavens and the earth(X) and the sea and everything in them.(Y) 16 In the past, he let(Z) all nations go their own way.(AA) 17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony:(AB) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;(AC) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”(AD) 18 Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.

19 Then some Jews(AE) came from Antioch and Iconium(AF) and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul(AG) and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. 20 But after the disciples(AH) had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.

The Return to Antioch in Syria

21 They preached the gospel(AI) in that city and won a large number(AJ) of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium(AK) and Antioch, 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.(AL) “We must go through many hardships(AM) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. 23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders[a](AN) for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting,(AO) committed them to the Lord,(AP) in whom they had put their trust. 24 After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,(AQ) 25 and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

26 From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch,(AR) where they had been committed to the grace of God(AS) for the work they had now completed.(AT) 27 On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them(AU) and how he had opened a door(AV) of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.(AW)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 14:23 Or Barnabas ordained elders; or Barnabas had elders elected