And it came to pass in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed.
But the Jews who were defiant stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
Therefore they spent a long time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
The multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
But when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews (including their rulers), to mistreat and to stone them,
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding area,
and they proclaimed the good news there.
Paul and Barnabas at Lystra
And in Lystra a certain man was sitting who had no strength in his feet. He was a cripple from his mother’s womb and had never walked.
This man heard Paul speaking, who, fixing his eyes on him and seeing that he had trust to be made whole,
said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he leaped up and was walking around.
And when the crowd saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice in the Lycaonian language, saying, “The gods, having been made like men, have come down to us.”
And they called Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates. He, along with the crowd, was wanting to offer a sacrifice.
But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of the same nature as you and are telling you the good news so that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
And yet he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
And saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowd from offering sacrifice to them.
Paul Stoned at Lystra
But Jews came from Antioch of Pisidia and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowd and having stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, assuming that he was dead.
But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. And on the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.
And when they had proclaimed the good news in that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch of Pisidia,
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we cannot avoid going through many hardships on our way into the Kingdom of God.
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria
And having passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia
and from there they sailed to Antioch of Syria, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
And having come to Antioch, and having gathered the church together, they reported everything that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of trust for the Gentiles.