Acts 13:42-14:28

New American Standard Bible

⁴² As ^[a]Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these ^[b]things spoken to them the next ^(A)Sabbath. ⁴³ Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the ^(B)God-fearing ^[c](C)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in ^(D)the grace of God.

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

⁴⁴ The next ^(E)Sabbath nearly all the city assembled to hear the word of ^[d]the Lord. ⁴⁵ But when ^(F)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were ^[e]blaspheming. ⁴⁶ Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ^(G)first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, ^(H)we are turning to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the Lord has commanded us,

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(K)the word of ^[h]the Lord; and all who ^(L)had been appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹ And ^(M)the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰ But ^(N)the Jews incited the ^[i](O)devout women ^(P)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[j]region. ⁵¹ But ^(Q)they shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to ^(R)Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples were continually ^(S)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Acceptance and Opposition

14 In ^(T)Iconium ^(U)they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a way ^(V)that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of ^(W)Greeks. ² But ^(X)the ^[k](Y)unbelieving Jews stirred up the ^[l]minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against ^(Z)the brothers. ³ Therefore they spent a long time there ^(AA)speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that ^[m](AB)signs and wonders be performed by their hands. ^4 (AC)But the ^[n]people of the city were divided; and some ^[o]sided with ^(AD)the Jews, while others, with ^(AE)the apostles. ⁵ And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and ^(AF)the Jews with their rulers, to treat them abusively and to ^(AG)stone them, ⁶ they became aware of it and fled to the cities of ^(AH)Lycaonia, ^(AI)Lystra and ^(AJ)Derbe, and the surrounding region; ⁷ and there they continued to ^(AK)preach the gospel.

⁸ In ^(AL)Lystra ^(AM)a man was sitting whose feet were incapacitated. He had been disabled from his mother’s womb, and had never walked. ⁹ This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul ^(AN)looked at him intently and saw that he had ^(AO)faith to be ^[p]made well, ¹⁰ and he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” ^(AP)And the man leaped up and began to walk. ¹¹ When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the ^(AQ)Lycaonian language, “^(AR)The gods have become like men and have come down to us!” ¹² And they began calling Barnabas, ^[q]Zeus, and Paul, ^[r]Hermes, since he was ^[s]the chief speaker. ¹³ Moreover, the priest of Zeus, whose temple was ^[t]just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and ^(AS)wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. ¹⁴ But when ^(AT)the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they ^(AU)tore their ^[u]robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out ¹⁵ and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also ^(AV)men, of the same nature as you, ^(AW)preaching the gospel to you, to turn from these ^[v](AX)useless things to a ^(AY)living God, who ^(AZ)made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them. ^16 [w]In past generations He ^(BA)permitted all the ^[x]nations to ^(BB)go their own ways; ¹⁷ yet ^(BC)He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and ^(BD)gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, ^[y]satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.” ¹⁸ And even by saying these things, only with difficulty did they restrain the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.

¹⁹ But ^(BE)Jews came from ^(BF)Antioch and ^(BG)Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they ^(BH)stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead. ²⁰ But while ^(BI)the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he left with Barnabas for ^(BJ)Derbe. ²¹ And after they had ^(BK)preached the gospel to that city and had ^(BL)made a good number of disciples, they returned to ^(BM)Lystra, to ^(BN)Iconium, and to ^(BO)Antioch, ²² strengthening the souls of ^(BP)the disciples, encouraging them to continue in ^(BQ)the faith, and saying, “^(BR)It is through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God.” ²³ When ^(BS)they had appointed ^(BT)elders for them in every church, having ^(BU)prayed with fasting, they ^(BV)entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

²⁴ They passed through ^(BW)Pisidia and came into ^(BX)Pamphylia. ²⁵ When they had spoken the word in ^(BY)Perga, they went down to Attalia. ²⁶ From there they sailed to ^(BZ)Antioch, ^(CA)where they had been ^(CB)entrusted to the grace of God for the work that they had ^[z]accomplished. ²⁷ When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to ^(CC)report all the things that God had done with them and ^[aa]how He had opened a ^(CD)door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸ And they spent ^[ab]a long time with ^(CE)the disciples.