Acts
14
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The 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.
2
But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
3
So 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.
4
But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
5
When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,
6
Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
7
There they continued to proclaim the good news.
8
In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
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This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,
10
he said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And the man leaped up and began walking.
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So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"
12
They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
13
The 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.
14
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
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