Acts 14:6
New International Version
But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,

New Living Translation
When the apostles learned of it, they fled to the region of Lycaonia—to the towns of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding area.

English Standard Version
they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,

Berean Standard Bible
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

Berean Literal Bible
having become aware, they fled to the Lycaonian cities Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region,

King James Bible
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

New King James Version
they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.

New American Standard Bible
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;

NASB 1995
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;

NASB 1977
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;

Legacy Standard Bible
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;

Amplified Bible
they, aware of the situation, escaped to Lystra and Derbe, [taking refuge in the] cities of Lycaonia, and the neighboring region;

Christian Standard Bible
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.

American Standard Version
they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when they knew it, they departed and took refuge in the cities of Lyconia, Lystra and Derby and the villages around them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They understanding it, fled to Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the whole country round about,

English Revised Version
they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So they escaped to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding territory.

Good News Translation
When the apostles learned about it, they fled to the cities of Lystra and Derbe in Lycaonia and to the surrounding territory.

International Standard Version
Paul and Barnabas found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding territory.

Literal Standard Version
they having become aware, fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the surrounding region,

Majority Standard Bible
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

New American Bible
they realized it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside,

NET Bible
Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.

New Revised Standard Version
the apostles learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country;

New Heart English Bible
they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.

Webster's Bible Translation
Being apprised of it, they fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the region in that vicinity.

Weymouth New Testament
the Apostles, having become aware of it, made their escape into the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe, and the neighbouring country.

World English Bible
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.

Young's Literal Translation
they having become aware, did flee to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Paul and Barnabas at Iconium
5But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them, 6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region, 7where they continued to preach the gospel.…

Cross References
Acts 14:8
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

Acts 14:11
When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: "The gods have come down to us in human form!"

Acts 14:20
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

Acts 14:21
They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

Acts 15:36
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."

Acts 16:1
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

Acts 16:2
The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.


Treasury of Scripture

They were ware of it, and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the region that lies round about:

were.

Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

Acts 17:13,14
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people…

Acts 23:12
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

and fled.

Matthew 10:23
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

Lystra.

Acts 14:20,21
Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe…

Acts 16:1,2
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: …

2 Timothy 3:11
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

Lycaonia.

Acts 14:11
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

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Acts 14
1. Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from Iconium.
8. At Lystra Paul heals a cripple, whereupon they are reputed as gods.
19. Paul is stoned.
21. They pass through various churches, confirming the disciples in faith and patience.
26. Returning to Antioch, they report what God had done with them.














(6) And fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia.--Here again, as in Acts 13:51, we can scarcely fail to trace a literal obedience to our Lord's commands. (See Note on Matthew 10:23.) The direction of the Apostles journey now took them into a wilder and less civilised region. The range of the Taurus cut it off from the more cultivated country of Cilicia and Pisidia. It is described as a dreary plain, bare of trees, destitute of fresh water, and with several salt lakes. So Ovid (Metaph. 8:621) speaks of it, as the result of personal observation:

"Where men once dwelt a marshy lake is seen,

And coots and bitterns haunt the waters green."

The very name Lycaonia, interpreted traditionally as Wolf-land (the local legend derived it from Lycaon, who had been transformed into a wolf), represented but too faithfully the character of the inhabitants. The travellers were also losing the protection which a Roman citizen might claim in a Roman province, Lycaonia, which had been annexed in A.D. 17 to the Roman province of Galatia, having been assigned by Caligula to Antiochus, King of Commagene. So wild a country was hardly likely to attract Jewish settlers; and there is no trace in St. Luke's narrative of the existence of a synagogue in either of the two cities. For the first time, so far as we know, St. Paul had to begin his work by preaching to the heathen. Even the child of a devout Jewish mother had grown up to manhood uncircumcised (see Note on Acts 16:3). Of the two towns named, Lystra was about forty miles to the south-east of Iconium, Derbe about twenty miles further to the east. The former, which lies to the north of a lofty conical mountain, the Kara-dagh (=Black Mountain) is now known as Bin-bir-Kilisseh, i.e., "the thousand and one churches," from the ruins that abound there. The addition of "the region that lieth round about" suggests the thought that the cities were not large enough to supply a sufficient field of action. The work in the country villages must obviously--even more than in the cities--have been entirely among the Gentiles. Among the converts of this region, and probably of this time, we may note the names of Timotheus of Lystra (see Note on Acts 16:1), and Gaius, or Caius, of Derbe (Acts 20:4). . . .

Verses 6, 7. Became aware for were ware, A.V. (συνιδόντες), see Acts 12:12; the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, for Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, A.V.; the region for unto the region, A.V.; round about for that lieth round about, A.V. They preached; were preaching - not once or twice, but continuously. Lystra and Derbe were cities of southern Lycaonia, obscure and remote from civilization, situated north of Mount Taurus, in a cold arid country somewhere between Ak Ghieul on the north, and the volcanic region of Karadagh on the south. They seem to have been included at this time in the dominions of Antiochus, king of Commagene (Lewin). Lystra is thought to be now represented by Bin-bir Kilissete (the thousand and one churches) (Lewin and Renan), though this is doubtful; and Derbe distant about twenty miles from Lystra, and the capital of that part of Lycaonia called Isaurica, is thought to be the modern Dioli (Hamilton, Renan, etc.); others, however, place it nearer the White Lake, Ak Ghieul, where the ruins of an ancient town are found.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
they found out about it
συνιδόντες (synidontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4894: To know, consider, be privy to.

and fled
κατέφυγον (katephygon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2703: From kata and pheugo; to flee down.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὰς (tas)
Article - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lycaonian
Λυκαονίας (Lykaonias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3071: Perhaps remotely from lukos; Lycaonia, a region of Asia Minor.

cities
πόλεις (poleis)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

of Lystra
Λύστραν (Lystran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3082: Lystra, a place in Asia Minor.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Derbe,
Δέρβην (Derbēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1191: Of foreign origin; Derbe, a place in Asia Minor.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

to the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

surrounding region,
περίχωρον (perichōron)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4066: From peri and chora; around the region, i.e. Circumjacent.


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