Acts 14

¹At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

²But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

³So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

⁴The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

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.

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

⁹This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

¹⁰In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.

¹¹When 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!”

¹²Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

¹³The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.