12 And Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
13 Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, aintending to sacrifice with the multitudes.
14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, athey tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out
15 and saying, “Men, awhy are you doing these things? bWe also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from cthese useless things dto the living God, ewho made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,
16 awho in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.
17 aNevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, bgave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with cfood and gladness.”
18 And with these sayings they could scarcely restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them.
Stoning, Escape to Derbe
19 aThen Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, bthey stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be cdead.
20 However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
Strengthening the Converts
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city aand made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, aexhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, b“We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”
23 So when they had aappointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
24 And after they had passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25 Now when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26 From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed.
27 Now when they had come and gathered the church together, athey reported all that God had done with them, and that He had bopened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
28 So they stayed there a long time with the disciples.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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