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Text -- Acts 14:17-28 (NET)
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14:17 yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good , by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons , satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy .”
14:18 Even by saying these things , they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them .
14:19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium , and after winning the crowds over , they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city , presuming him to be dead .
14:20 But after the disciples had surrounded him , he got up and went back into the city . On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe .
Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria
14:21 After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples , they returned to Lystra , to Iconium , and to Antioch .
14:22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith , saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions .”
14:23 When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches , with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed .
14:24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came into Pamphylia ,
14:25 and when they had spoken the word in Perga , they went down to Attalia .
14:26 From there they sailed back to Antioch , where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed .
14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together , they reported all the things God had done with them , and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles .
14:28 So they spent considerable time with the disciples .
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NET Notes -> Act 14:17; Act 14:17; Act 14:17; Act 14:17; Act 14:18; Act 14:18; Act 14:19; Act 14:19; Act 14:19; Act 14:19; Act 14:19; Act 14:20; Act 14:20; Act 14:20; Act 14:20; Act 14:21; Act 14:21; Act 14:21; Act 14:21; Act 14:21; Act 14:22; Act 14:22; Act 14:22; Act 14:22; Act 14:23; Act 14:23; Act 14:23; Act 14:23; Act 14:24; Act 14:24; Act 14:25; Act 14:25; Act 14:25; Act 14:26; Act 14:26; Act 14:26; Act 14:26; Act 14:27; Act 14:27; Act 14:27; Act 14:28; Act 14:28
NET Notes: Act 14:17 God’s general sovereignty and gracious care in the creation are the way Paul introduces the theme of the goodness of God. He was trying to estab...
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NET Notes: Act 14:18 BDAG 524 s.v. καταπαύω 2.b gives both “restrain” and “dissuade someone fr. someth.,” b...
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NET Notes: Act 14:19 Grk “stoning Paul they dragged him.” The participle λιθάσαντες (liqasante") has bee...
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NET Notes: Act 14:23 BDAG 772 s.v. παρατίθημι 3.b has “entrust someone to the care or protection of someone” ...
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NET Notes: Act 14:25 Attalia was a seaport in the province of Pamphylia on the southern coast of Asia Minor, about 12 mi (20 km) southwest of Perga.
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NET Notes: Act 14:26 BDAG 829 s.v. πληρόω 5 has “to bring to completion an activity in which one has been involved from its beginning, ...
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