¹⁹ Then some Jews [^Cthose who had opposed them earlier; 13:50–51; 14:2, 5] came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded the people to turn against Paul. So they threw stones at him [2 Cor. 11:25; ^Cstoning was the main Jewish method of execution] and dragged him out of town, thinking they had killed him. ²⁰ But the ·followers [disciples] ·gathered around him [or surrounded him; ^Ceither to protect from further attack or to check on his condition], and he got up and went back into the town [^Cperhaps a miracle; certainly evidence of Paul’s perseverance]. The next day he and Barnabas left and went to the city of Derbe [v. 6].