Growth and Persecution in Iconium

14 In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue, as usual, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.(A) But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.(B) So they stayed there a long time and spoke boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace by enabling them to do signs and wonders.(C) But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles.(D) When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them, they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside.(E) There they continued preaching the gospel.(F)

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Preaching in Iconium

14 Now it happened that in Iconium they entered together[a] into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed. But the Jews who were disobedient stirred up and poisoned the minds[b] of the Gentiles against the brothers. So they stayed there[c] for a considerable time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed through their hands. But the population of the city was divided, and some[d] were with the Jews and some[e] with the apostles. So when an inclination took place on the part of both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat them[f] and to stone them, they became aware of it[g] and[h] fled to the Lycaonian cities—Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region. And there they were continuing to proclaim the good news.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 14:1 Literally “according to the same”
  2. Acts 14:2 Literally “embittered the souls”
  3. Acts 14:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Acts 14:4 Literally “those on the one hand”
  5. Acts 14:4 Literally “those on the other hand”
  6. Acts 14:5 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Acts 14:6 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Acts 14:6 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“became aware of”) has been translated as a finite verb