IVP New Testament Commentary Series – The Mission Advances Through Suffering (14:19-20)
Resources chevron-right IVP New Testament Commentary Series chevron-right Acts chevron-right THE CHURCH IN ALL NATIONS: PAUL'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS (13:1—21:16) chevron-right The First Missionary Journey (13:1—14:28) chevron-right Witness at Lystra (14:8-20) chevron-right The Mission Advances Through Suffering (14:19-20)
The Mission Advances Through Suffering (14:19-20)

Disgruntled by Paul and Barnabas's rejection of their worship, a crowd, incited to riot by Jews from Antioch and Iconium, stones Paul. They drag him out of the city, discarding what they think is a corpse.

Paul's suffering issues in a quiet victory. Lystran believers gather around him. He gets up, reenters the city and the next day proceeds to Derbe to preach there. Victory is manifest in his recovery, as instantaneous as the cripple's healing, and in his freedom of movement.

This last scene teaches us that being an instrument of God's saving blessing to others, even of miraculous workings, is no guarantee that we will be immune from persecution, including physical suffering.

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