|
- At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed.
- But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
- So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.
- The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.
- There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.
|
- But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,
- where they continued to preach the good news.
|
|
|