[영어 성경] Acts chapter 14

Ac. 14:1 At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish

synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great

number of Jews and Gentiles believed.

Ac. 14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles

and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

Ac. 14:3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking

boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace

by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.

Ac. 14:4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the

Jews, others with the apostles.

Ac. 14:5 There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews,

together with their leaders, to ill-treat them and stone them.

Ac. 14:6 But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities

of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,

Ac. 14:7 where they continued to preach the good news.

Ac. 14:8 In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame

from birth and had never walked.

Ac. 14:9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly

at him, saw that he had faith to be healed

Ac. 14:10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man

jumped up and began to walk.

Ac. 14:11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the

Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in

human form!”

Ac. 14:12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes

because he was the chief speaker.

Ac. 14:13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city,

brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and

the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

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Ac. 14:14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they

tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting:

Ac. 14:15 “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human

like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn

from these worthless things to the living God, who made

heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

Ac. 14:16 In the past, he let all nations go their own way.

Ac. 14:17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown

kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their

seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your

hearts with joy.”

Ac. 14:18 Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd

from sacrificing to them.

Ac. 14:19 Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won

the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside

the city, thinking he was dead.

Ac. 14:20 But after the disciples had gathered round him, he got up and

went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for

Derbe.

Ac. 14:21 They preached the good news in that city and won a large

number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium

and Antioch,

Ac. 14:22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain

true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to

enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

Ac. 14:23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders [Or Barnabas ordained

elders; or Barnabas had elders elected] for them in each

church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the

Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

Ac. 14:24 After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,

Ac. 14:25 and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went

down to Attalia.

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Ac. 14:26 From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had

been committed to the grace of God for the work they had

now completed.

Ac. 14:27 On arriving there, they gathered the church together and

reported all that God had done through them and how he had

opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Ac. 14:28 And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.