Acts 14:19-28

New Testament for Everyone

¹⁹ But some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and persuaded the crowds to stone Paul. They dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. ²⁰ The disciples gathered round him, however, and he got up and went into the city. The next day he and Barnabas went off to Derbe.

Opening the door of faith

²¹ They preached in Derbe, and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, ²² strengthening the hearts of the disciples, and urging them to remain in the faith. They warned them that getting into God’s kingdom would mean going through considerable suffering. ²³ In every church they appointed elders by laying hands on them. They fasted, prayed, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

²⁴ They went through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia; ²⁵ and when they had spoken the word in Perga they went down to Attalia. ²⁶ From there they sailed to Antioch, which was where they had been commended to God’s grace for the work which they had accomplished. ²⁷ Once there, they called the church together, and told them all the things which God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles. ²⁸ They stayed there a long time with the disciples.