Acts 14
8 ¶ And there
sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being
a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
9 The same heard
Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving
that he had faith to be healed,
10 Said with a loud
voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and
walked.
11 And when the
people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their
voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are
come down to us in the likeness of men.
12 And they called
Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was
the chief speaker.
13 Then the priest
of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and
garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice
with the people.
14 Which
when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of,
they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people,
crying out,
15 And saying,
Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like
passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should
turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are
therein:
16 Who in times
past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
17 Nevertheless he
left not himself without witness, in that he did good,
and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons,
filling our hearts with food and gladness.
18 And with these
sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had
not done sacrifice unto them.
19 ¶ And there
came thither certain Jews from Antioch and
Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned
Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had
been dead.
20 Howbeit, as the
disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came
into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas
to Derbe.
21 And when they
had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught
many, they returned again to Lystra, and to
Iconium, and Antioch,
22 Confirming the
souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and that we must through much
tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
23 And when they
had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed
with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom
they believed.
24 And after they
had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25 And when they
had preached the word in Perga, they went down into
Attalia:
26 And thence
sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended
to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
27 And when they
were come, and had gathered the church together, they
rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had
opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
28 And there they
abode long time with the disciples.
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