Acts 14:13-19

¹³And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was before their city, bearing bulls and garlands to the gates, together with the crowds, was desiring to sacrifice to them.

¹⁴But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard this, they tore their garments and rushed in to the crowd, crying out

¹⁵and saying, “Men! Why are you doing these things? We men are of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, that you must turn from these useless things to turn to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all the things in them,

¹⁶who in the generations gone by permitted all the Gentiles to walk in their ways.

¹⁷And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, giving to you rain from heaven and fruit-bearing seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

¹⁸And saying these things, they scarcely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

¹⁹But there arrived from Antioch and Iconium certain Jews, and having persuaded the crowds and having stoned Paul, they dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.