ACTS 14:1-14

¹And it came to pass in Iconium, that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

²But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.

³Long time therefore they tarried there speaking boldly in the Lord, which bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

⁴But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

⁵And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to entreat them shamefully, and to stone them,

⁶they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:

⁷and there they preached the gospel.

⁸And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.

⁹The same heard Paul speaking: who, fastening his eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

¹⁰said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.

¹¹And when the multitudes saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

¹²And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.

¹³And the priest of Jupiter whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.

¹⁴But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out