¹⁹ Then some Jews^(A) came from Antioch and Iconium^(B) and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul^(C) and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. ²⁰ But after the disciples^(D) 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^(E) in that city and won a large number^(F) of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium^(G) and Antioch, ²² strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.^(H) “We must go through many hardships^(I) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. ²³ Paul and Barnabas appointed elders^[a](J) for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting,^(K) committed them to the Lord,^(L) in whom they had put their trust. ²⁴ After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,^{(M) 25} and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

²⁶ From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch,^(N) where they had been committed to the grace of God^(O) for the work they had now completed.^{(P) 27} On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them^(Q) and how he had opened a door^(R) of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸ And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.^(S)