| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed. | 1The same thing happened in Iconium; they entered the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. |
| 2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. | 2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers. |
| 3So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands. | 3So they stayed there for some time and spoke boldly in reliance on the Lord, who testified to the message of His grace by granting that signs and wonders be performed through them. |
| 4But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. | 4But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles. |
| 5When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them, | 5When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them, |
| 6Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region. | 6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside. |
| 7There they continued to proclaim the good news. | 7And there they kept evangelizing. |
| 8In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked. | 8In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth, and who had never walked, sat |
| 9This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, | 9and heard Paul speaking. After observing him closely and seeing that he had faith to be healed, |
| 10he said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And the man leaped up and began walking. | 10Paul said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" And he jumped up and started to walk around. |
| 11So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" | 11When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in the form of men!" |
| 12They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. | 12And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker. |
| 13The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. | 13Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought oxen and garlands to the gates. He, with the crowds, intended to offer sacrifice. |
| 14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, | 14The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting:" |
| 15"Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them. | 15Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. |
| 16In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways, | 16In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way, |
| 17yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy." | 17although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness." |
| 18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them. | 18Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them. |
| 19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. | 19Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead. |
| 20But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. | 20After the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. |
| 21After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch. | 21After they had evangelized that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch, |
| 22They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions." | 22strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, "It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God." |
| 23When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed. | 23When they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. |
| 24Then they passed through Pisidia and came into Pamphylia, | 24Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. |
| 25and when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. | 25After they spoke the message in Perga, they went down to Attalia. |
| 26From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. | 26From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. |
| 27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles. | 27After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. |
| 28So they spent considerable time with the disciples. | 28And they spent a considerable time with the disciples. |
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