Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

In Lystra, Paul Heals a Man And Is Declared a God, Then Is Stoned

⁸ And in Lystra, a certain man powerless in the feet was sitting— a lame one from his mother’s womb, who never walked. ⁹ This one heard Paul speaking— who, having looked-intently at him, and having seen that he had faith that he might be restored, ¹⁰ said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet”. And he leaped and was walking. ¹¹ And the crowds, having seen what Paul did, raised their voice, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods came down to us, having become-like men!” ¹² And they were calling Barnabas “Zeus^[a]”, and Paul “Hermes^[b]”, since he was the one leading the speaking. ¹³ And the priest of the temple of Zeus being before^[c] the city, having brought bulls and garlands to the gates, was intending to offer-sacrifice with the crowds. ¹⁴ But the apostles, Barnabas and Paul— having heard-of it, having torn their garments— leaped-out into the crowd, crying-out ¹⁵ and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of-like-nature to you, announcing-the-good-news to turn you from these worthless^[d] things to the living God, Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them, ¹⁶ Who allowed all the nations to be going their ways in the generations having gone-by. ¹⁷ And yet He did not leave Himself without-witness^[e]: doing-good, giving you rains from heaven and fruitful^[f] seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness”. ¹⁸ And saying these things, with-difficulty they restrained^[g] the crowds, that they might not offer-sacrifice to them.