Acts 14:17-27

17 Yet 1he did not leave himself without witness, for he 2did good by 3giving you rains from heaven and 4fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with 5food and 6gladness."
18 Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

Paul Stoned at Lystra

19 7But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, 8they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 When they had preached the gospel to that city and had 9made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
22 10strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them 11to continue in 12the faith, and saying that 13through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
23 And when they had 14appointed 15elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting 16they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria

24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
25 And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia,
26 and from there they sailed to Antioch, 17where they had been 18commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, 19they declared all that God had done with them, and 20how he had 21opened 22a door of faith to the Gentiles.

Cross References 22

  • 1. [Acts 17:27; Romans 1:19, 20]
  • 2. Numbers 10:32
  • 3. Leviticus 26:4; Deuteronomy 11:14; Deuteronomy 28:12; Job 5:10; Psalms 65:10; Psalms 147:8, 18; Ezekiel 34:26; Joel 2:23
  • 4. Psalms 67:6; Psalms 85:12; Ezekiel 34:27; Joel 2:24; Zechariah 8:12
  • 5. Psalms 104:27
  • 6. Psalms 104:15
  • 7. See Acts 13:45, 50
  • 8. 2 Corinthians 11:25; [ver. 5; 2 Timothy 3:11]; See Acts 7:58
  • 9. Matthew 28:19
  • 10. Acts 15:32, 41; [Acts 18:23; 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 13]
  • 11. Acts 13:43; Colossians 1:23
  • 12. See Acts 6:7
  • 13. John 15:20; John 16:33; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Timothy 3:12; [Acts 9:16; Mark 10:30; Luke 22:28, 29; Romans 8:17; Philippians 1:20; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:12; 1 Peter 5:10; Revelation 1:9]
  • 14. [Titus 1:5]
  • 15. See Acts 11:30
  • 16. Acts 20:32
  • 17. Acts 13:3
  • 18. Acts 15:40
  • 19. Acts 15:4; [Acts 15:3, 12; Acts 21:19]
  • 20. [Acts 11:18]
  • 21. 1 Corinthians 16:9; 2 Corinthians 2:12; Colossians 4:3; Revelation 3:8
  • 22. [Hosea 2:15]
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