Now in ^aIconium Paul and Barnabas ^bwent into the Jewish synagogue together and spoke in such a way with such power and boldness ^cthat a large number of Jews as well as ^dGreeks believed and confidently accepted Jesus as Savior; 2 but the ^aunbelieving ^bJews who rejected Jesus as Messiah stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against ^cthe ¹believers. 3 So Paul and Barnabas stayed for a long time, ^aspeaking boldly and confidently for the Lord, who continued to testify to the word of His grace, granting that ^bsigns and wonders (attesting miracles) be done by them. 4 ^aBut the people of the city were divided; some were siding with ^bthe Jews, and some with ^cthe apostles. 5 When there was an attempt by both the Gentiles and ^athe Jews, together with their rulers, to shamefully mistreat and to stone ^bthem, 6 they, aware of the situation, escaped to ^aLystra and ^bDerbe, taking refuge in the cities of ^cLycaonia, and the neighboring region; 7 and there they continued to ^apreach the good news.

8 Now at ^aLystra ^ba man sat who was unable to use his feet, for he was crippled from birth and had never walked. 9 This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, and Paul ^alooked intently at him and saw that he had ^bfaith to be healed, 10 and said with a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet.” ^aAnd he jumped up and began to walk. 11 And the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, raised their voices, shouting in the ^1aLycaonian language, “^bThe gods have come down to us ²in human form!” 12 They began calling Barnabas, Zeus chief of the Greek gods, and Paul, Hermes messenger of the Greek gods, since he took the lead in speaking. 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance of the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates, and ^awanted to offer sacrifices with the crowds. 14 But when ^athe apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they ^1btore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, 15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are only ^amen of the same nature as you, ^bbringing the good news to you, so that you turn from these ^cuseless and meaningless things to the ^dliving God, ^eWHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM. Ex 20:11; Ps 146:6 16 In generations past He ^apermitted all the nations to ^bgo their own ways; 17 yet ^aHe did not leave Himself without some witness as evidence of Himself, in that He kept constantly doing good things and showing you kindness, and ^bgiving you rains from heaven and productive seasons, filling your hearts with food and happiness.” 18 Even saying these words, with difficulty they prevented the people from offering sacrifices to them.

19 But ^aJews arrived from ^bAntioch and ^cIconium, and having won over the crowds, they ^dstoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead. 2+@Cor 11:25; 2+@Tim 3:11 20 But ^athe disciples formed a circle around him, and he got up and went back into the city; and the next day he went on with Barnabas to ^bDerbe. 21 They ^apreached the good news to that city and ^bmade many disciples, then they returned to ^cLystra and to ^dIconium and to ^eAntioch, 22 strengthening and establishing the hearts of ^athe disciples; encouraging them to remain firm in ^bthe faith, saying, “^cIt is through many tribulations and hardships that we must enter the kingdom of God.” 23 When ^athey had appointed ^belders for them in every church, having ^cprayed with fasting, they ^dentrusted them to the Lord in whom they believed and joyfully accepted as the Messiah.

24 Then they passed through ^aPisidia and came to ^bPamphylia. 25 When they had spoken the word of salvation through faith in Christ in ^aPerga, they went down to Attalia. 26 From there they sailed back to ^1aAntioch, where ^bthey had been ^centrusted to the grace of God for the ²work which they had now completed. 27 Arriving there, they gathered the church together and began to ^areport in great detail everything that God had done with them and how He had opened to the Gentiles a ^bdoor of faith in Jesus as the Messiah and Savior. 28 And they stayed there a long time with ^athe disciples.