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long time, indeed, therefore, did they abide speaking boldly in the Lord, who is testifying to the word of His grace, and granting signs and wonders to come to pass through their hands.
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And the multitude of the city was divided, and some were with the Jews, and some with the apostles,
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and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to use [them] despitefully, and to stone them,
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they having become aware, did flee to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about,
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and there they were proclaiming good news.
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And a certain man in Lystra, impotent in the feet, was sitting, being lame from the womb of his mother -- who never had walked,
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this one was hearing Paul speaking, who, having stedfastly beheld him, and having seen that he hath faith to be saved,
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said with a loud voice, `Stand up on thy feet upright;' and he was springing and walking,
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and the multitudes having seen what Paul did, did lift up their voice, in the speech of Lycaonia, saying, `The gods, having become like men, did come down unto us;'
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they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.
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And the priest of the Zeus that is before their city, oxen and garlands unto the porches having brought, with the multitudes did wish to sacrifice,