Thematic Bible




Acts 14:1 (show verse)

The same thing happened in Iconium; they entered the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

Acts 14:2 (show verse)

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers.

Acts 14:3 (show verse)

So they stayed there for some time and spoke boldly in reliance on the Lord, who testified to the message of His grace by granting that signs and wonders be performed through them.

Acts 14:4 (show verse)

But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles.

Acts 14:5 (show verse)

When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them,

Acts 14:6 (show verse)

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.

Acts 14:7 (show verse)

And there they kept evangelizing.

Acts 14:8 (show verse)

In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth, and who had never walked, sat

Acts 14:9 (show verse)

and heard Paul speaking. After observing him closely and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Acts 14:10 (show verse)

Paul said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” And he jumped up and started to walk around.

Acts 14:11 (show verse)

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the form of men!”

Acts 14:12 (show verse)

And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

Acts 14:13 (show verse)

Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought oxen and garlands to the gates. He, with the crowds, intended to offer sacrifice.

Acts 14:14 (show verse)

The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting:

Acts 14:15 (show verse)

“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Acts 14:16 (show verse)

In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way,

Acts 14:17 (show verse)

although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.”

Acts 14:18 (show verse)

Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

Acts 14:19 (show verse)

Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

Acts 14:20 (show verse)

After the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

Acts 14:21 (show verse)

After they had evangelized that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,

Acts 14:22 (show verse)

strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God.”

Acts 14:23 (show verse)

When they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Acts 14:24 (show verse)

Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

Acts 14:25 (show verse)

After they spoke the message in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

Acts 14:26 (show verse)

From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

Acts 14:27 (show verse)

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 14:28 (show verse)

And they spent a considerable time with the disciples.