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Acts 14

Acceptance and Opposition

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In  aIconium  bthey entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner  cthat a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of  dGreeks.

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But  athe Jews who  1 bdisbelieved stirred up the  2minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against  cthe brethren.

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Therefore they spent a long time there  aspeaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that  1 bsigns and wonders be done by their hands.

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 aBut the  1people of the city were divided; and some  2sided with  bthe Jews, and some with  cthe apostles.

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And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and  athe Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to  bstone them,

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they became aware of it and fled to the cities of  aLycaonia,  bLystra and  cDerbe, and the surrounding region;

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and there they continued to  apreach the gospel.

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At  aLystra  ba man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

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This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who,  awhen he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had  bfaith to be  1made well,

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said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet."  aAnd he leaped up and began to walk.

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When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the  aLycaonian language, " bThe gods have become like men and have come down to us."

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And they began calling Barnabas,  1Zeus, and Paul,  2Hermes, because he was  3the chief speaker.

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The priest of Zeus, whose temple was  1just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and  awanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

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But when  athe apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they  btore their  1robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

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and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also  amen of the same nature as you, and  bpreach the gospel to you that you should turn from these  1 cvain things to a  dliving God,  eWHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.

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1In the generations gone by He  apermitted all the  2nations to  bgo their own ways;

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and yet  aHe did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and  bgave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons,  1satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

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Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

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But  aJews came from  bAntioch and  cIconium, and having won over the crowds, they  dstoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

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But while  athe disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to  bDerbe.

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After they had  apreached the gospel to that city and had  bmade many disciples, they returned to  cLystra and to  dIconium and to  eAntioch,

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strengthening the souls of  athe disciples, encouraging them to continue in  bthe faith, and saying,cThrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."

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When  athey had appointed  belders for them in every church, having  cprayed with fasting, they  dcommended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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They passed through  aPisidia and came into  bPamphylia.

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When they had spoken the word in  aPerga, they went down to Attalia.

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From there they sailed to  aAntioch, from  bwhich they had been  ccommended to the grace of God for the work that they had  1accomplished.

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When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to  areport all things that God had done with them and  1how He had opened a  bdoor of faith to the Gentiles.

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And they spent  1a long time with  athe disciples.



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