Acts 14:21

21 Paul and Barnabas preached the Good News in Derbe and won many disciples. Then they went back to Lystra, to Iconium, and on to Antioch in Pisidia.

Acts 14:21 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 14:21

And when they had preached the Gospel to that city
To the inhabitants of it, as they did in every place where they came, even the pure Gospel of Christ, the good news, and glad tidings of life and salvation by him:

and had taught many;
or made them disciples, their ministry being blessed to bring many to the faith of Christ:

they returned again to Lystra;
where Paul had been stoned:

and to Iconium;
where both Jews and Gentiles, and the magistrates of the city, had attempted to use them ill, and to stone them:

and Antioch;
that is, in Pisidia, as before; where a persecution was raised against them, and from the coasts of which place they were expelled; so fearless were they of danger, and so zealous to promote the interest of Christ, and the good of souls.

Acts 14:21 In-Context

19 Some Jews came from Antioch in Pisidia and from Iconium; they won the crowds over to their side, stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead.
20 But when the believers gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he and Barnabas went to Derbe.
21 Paul and Barnabas preached the Good News in Derbe and won many disciples. Then they went back to Lystra, to Iconium, and on to Antioch in Pisidia.
22 They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. "We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God," they taught.
23 In each church they appointed elders, and with prayers and fasting they commended them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.