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same thing happened at Iconium. Paul and Barnabas both went together to the synagogue of the Jews and spoke so effectively that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 3 So Paul and Barnabas stayed there for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of His grace by granting miraculous signs and wonders to be done by through them.
4 But the residents of the city were divided; some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles. 5 When a plot was schemed by both the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to abuse them and stone them, 6 they found out about it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, towns of Lyconia, and to the surrounding countryside. 7 And they continued to preach the good news there.
8 In Lystra there was a man who could not use his feet and had never walked, but was crippled from birth. He was sitting 9 listening to Paul speaking. Paul looked at him intensely and seeing that the man had faith to be healed, 10 said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” He jumped up and began to walk around.
11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices and shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!” 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. 13 Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifice to them.
14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, 15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We are only men also, just like you are. We bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them. 16 In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way, 17 although He did not leave Himself without testimony: He showed kindness, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.” 18 Even with these words, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.
19 Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they had won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead. 20 But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
21 They preached the good news in that city and made many disciples. Then Paul and Barnabas returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch, 22 strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God,” they told them. 23 When they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed. 24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. 25 When they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had completed. 27 When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And they remained there a long time with the disciples.