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Text -- Acts 14:8-28 (NET)
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Paul and Barnabas at Lystra
14:8 In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet , lame from birth , who had never walked .
14:9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking . When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed ,
14:10 he said with a loud voice , “Stand upright on your feet .” And the man leaped up and began walking .
14:11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done , they shouted in the Lycaonian language , “The gods have come down to us in human form !”
14:12 They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes , because he was the chief speaker .
14:13 The priest of the temple of Zeus , located just outside the city , brought bulls and garlands to the city gates ; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14:14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd , shouting ,
14:15 “Men , why are you doing these things ? We too are men, with human natures just like you ! We are proclaiming the good news to you , so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God , who made the heaven , the earth , the sea , and everything that is in them .
14:16 In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways ,
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 14:8; Act 14:8; Act 14:8; Act 14:8; Act 14:8; Act 14:8; Act 14:9; Act 14:9; Act 14:10; Act 14:10; Act 14:10; Act 14:11; Act 14:11; Act 14:11; Act 14:11; Act 14:12; Act 14:12; Act 14:12; Act 14:13; Act 14:13; Act 14:13; Act 14:13; Act 14:13; Act 14:13; Act 14:14; Act 14:14; Act 14:14; Act 14:14; Act 14:14; Act 14:14; Act 14:15; Act 14:15; Act 14:15; Act 14:15; Act 14:16; Act 14:16; Act 14:16; 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 14:8 The description lame from birth makes clear how serious the condition was, and how real it was. This event is very similar to Acts 3:1-10, except here...
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NET Notes: Act 14:10 This verb is imperfect tense in contrast to the previous verb, which is aorist. It has been translated ingressively, since the start of a sequence is ...
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NET Notes: Act 14:11 The gods have come down to us in human form. Greek culture spoke of “divine men.” In this region there was a story of Zeus and Hermes visi...
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NET Notes: Act 14:12 Hermes was a Greek god who (according to Greek mythology) was the messenger of the gods and the god of oratory (equivalent to the Roman god Mercury).
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NET Notes: Act 14:13 The words “to them” are not in the Greek text, but are clearly implied by the response of Paul and Barnabas in the following verse.
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NET Notes: Act 14:14 What follows is one of two speeches in Acts to a purely pagan audience (Acts 17 in Athens is the other). So Paul focused on God as Creator, a common l...
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NET Notes: Act 14:15 Grk “and the earth, and the sea,” but καί (kai) has not been translated before “the earth” and “the sea...
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NET Notes: Act 14:16 Or “all the Gentiles” (in Greek the word for “nation” and “Gentile” is the same). The plural here alludes to the v...
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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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