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At length the people of the city split into parties, some siding with the Jews and some with the Apostles.
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And when a hostile movement was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with the sanction of their magistrates, to maltreat and stone them,
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the Apostles, having become aware of it, made their escape into the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe, and the neighbouring country.
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And there they continued to tell the Good News.
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Now a man who had no power in his feet used to sit in the streets of Lystra. He had been lame from his birth and had never walked.
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After this man had listened to one of Paul's sermons, the Apostle, looking steadily at him and perceiving that he had faith to be cured,
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said in a loud voice, "Stand upright upon your feet!"
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So he sprang up and began to walk about. Then the crowds, seeing what Paul had done, rent the air with their shouts in the Lycaonian language, saying, "The gods have assumed human form and have come down to us."
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They called Barnabas `Zeus,' and Paul, as being the principal speaker, `Hermes.'
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And the priest of Zeus--the temple of Zeus being at the entrance to the city--brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, and in company with the crowd was intending to offer sacrifices to them.
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But the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it; and tearing their clothes they rushed out into the middle of the crowd, exclaiming, "Sirs, why are you doing all this?