Acts 14:8-18

In Lystra and Derbe

8 And at ^aLystra ^ba man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. 9 This man listened to Paul as he spoke, who, ^awhen he fixed his gaze on him and saw that he had ^bfaith to be ¹saved from being lame, 10 said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ^aAnd he leaped up and began to walk. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the ^aLycaonian language, “^bThe gods have become like men and have come down to us.” 12 And they began calling Barnabas, ¹Zeus, and Paul, ²Hermes, because he was ³the chief speaker. 13 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was ¹just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and ^awas wanting to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when ^athe apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^btore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also ^amen of the same nature as you, ^bproclaiming the gospel to you that you should turn from these ¹^cvain things to a ^dliving God, ^ewho made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 ¹In the generations gone by He ^apermitted all the ²nations to ^bgo their own ways; 17 and yet ^aHe did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and ^bgave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” 18 And saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

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