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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 14

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Chapter 14 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ In 1Iconium 2they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner 3that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of 4Greeks.
  2. But 5the Jews who [a]6disbelieved stirred up the [b]minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against 7the brethren.
  3. Therefore they spent a long time there 8speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that [c]9signs and wonders be done by their hands.
  4. 10But the [d]people of the city were divided; and some [e]sided with 11the Jews, and some with 12the apostles.
  5. And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and 13the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to 14stone them,
  6. they became aware of it and fled to the cities of 15Lycaonia, 16Lystra and 17Derbe, and the surrounding region;
  7. and there they continued to 18preach the gospel.
  8. ¶ At 19Lystra 20a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.
  9. This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, 21when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had 22faith to be [f]made well,
  10. said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” 23And he leaped up and began to walk.
  11. When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the 24Lycaonian language, “25The gods have become like men and have come down to us.”
  12. And they began calling Barnabas, [g]Zeus, and Paul, [h]Hermes, because he was [i]the chief speaker.
  13. The priest of Zeus, whose temple was [j]just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and 26wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.
  14. But when 27the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they 28tore their [k]robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
  15. and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also 29men of the same nature as you, and 30preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these [l]31vain things to a 32living God, 33WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.
  16. [m]In the generations gone by He 34permitted all the [n]nations to 35go their own ways;
  17. and yet 36He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and 37gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, [o]satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
  18. Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
  19. ¶ But 38Jews came from 39Antioch and 40Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they 41stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
  20. But while 42the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to 43Derbe.
  21. After they had 44preached the gospel to that city and had 45made many disciples, they returned to 46Lystra and to 47Iconium and to 48Antioch,
  22. strengthening the souls of 49the disciples, encouraging them to continue in 50the faith, and saying, “51Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
  23. When 52they had appointed 53elders for them in every church, having 54prayed with fasting, they 55commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
  24. ¶ They passed through 56Pisidia and came into 57Pamphylia.
  25. When they had spoken the word in 58Perga, they went down to Attalia.
  26. From there they sailed to 59Antioch, from 60which they had been 61commended to the grace of God for the work that they had [p]accomplished.
  27. When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to 62report all things that God had done with them and [q]how He had opened a 63door of faith to the Gentiles.
  28. And they spent [r]a long time with 64the disciples.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or disobeyed
  2. ^ Lit souls
  3. ^ Or attesting miracles
  4. ^ Lit multitude
  5. ^ Lit were
  6. ^ Lit saved
  7. ^ Lat Jupiter, the chief pagan god
  8. ^ Lat Mercury, considered the messenger or spokesman for the pagan gods of Greece and Rome
  9. ^ Lit the leader of the speaking
  10. ^ Lit in front of
  11. ^ Or outer garments
  12. ^ I.e. idols
  13. ^ Lit Who in the generations gone by permitted
  14. ^ Or Gentiles
  15. ^ Lit filling
  16. ^ Lit fulfilled
  17. ^ Lit that
  18. ^ Lit not a little

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 13:51; 14:19, 21; 16:2; 2Ti 3:11
  2. ^ Ac 13:5
  3. ^ Ac 2:47
  4. ^ Jn 7:35; Ac 18:4
  5. ^ Ac 13:45, 50; 14:4, 5, 19; 1Th 2:14ff
  6. ^ Jn 3:36
  7. ^ Ac 1:15
  8. ^ Ac 4:29f; 20:32; Heb 2:4
  9. ^ Jn 4:48
  10. ^ Ac 17:4f; 19:9; 28:24
  11. ^ Ac 13:45, 50; 14:2, 5, 19; 1Th 2:14ff
  12. ^ Ac 14:14
  13. ^ Ac 13:45, 50; 14:2, 4, 19; 1Th 2:14ff
  14. ^ Ac 14:19
  15. ^ Ac 14:11
  16. ^ Ac 14:8, 21; 16:1f; 2Ti 3:11
  17. ^ Ac 14:20; 16:1; 20:4
  18. ^ Ac 14:15, 21; 16:10
  19. ^ Ac 14:6, 21; 16:1f; 2Ti 3:11
  20. ^ Ac 3:2
  21. ^ Ac 3:4; 10:4
  22. ^ Mt 9:28
  23. ^ Ac 3:8
  24. ^ Ac 14:6
  25. ^ Ac 8:10; 28:6
  26. ^ Da 2:46
  27. ^ Ac 14:4
  28. ^ Nu 14:6; Mt 26:65; Mr 14:63
  29. ^ Ac 10:26; Jm 5:17
  30. ^ Ac 13:32; 14:7, 21
  31. ^ De 32:21; 1Sa 12:21; Je 8:19; 14:22; 1Co 8:4
  32. ^ Mt 16:16
  33. ^ Ex 20:11; Ps 146:6; Ac 4:24; 17:24; Re 14:7
  34. ^ Ac 17:30
  35. ^ Ps 81:12; Mc 4:5
  36. ^ Ac 17:26f; Ro 1:19f
  37. ^ De 11:14; Jb 5:10; Ps 65:10f; Eze 34:26f; Jl 2:23
  38. ^ Ac 13:45, 50; 14:2, 4, 5; 1Th 2:14ff
  39. ^ Ac 13:14; 14:21, 26
  40. ^ Ac 13:51; 14:1, 21
  41. ^ Ac 14:5; 2Co 11:25; 2Ti 3:11
  42. ^ Ac 11:26; 14:22, 28
  43. ^ Ac 14:6
  44. ^ Ac 14:7
  45. ^ Ac 2:47
  46. ^ Ac 14:6
  47. ^ Ac 13:51; 14:1, 19
  48. ^ Ac 13:14; 14:19, 26
  49. ^ Ac 11:26; 14:28
  50. ^ Ac 6:7
  51. ^ Mr 10:30; Jn 15:18, 20; 16:33; Ac 9:16; 1Th 3:3; 2Ti 3:12; 1Pe 2:21; Re 1:9
  52. ^ 2Co 8:19; Ti 1:5
  53. ^ Ac 11:30
  54. ^ Ac 1:24; 13:3
  55. ^ Ac 20:32
  56. ^ Ac 13:14
  57. ^ Ac 13:13
  58. ^ Ac 13:13
  59. ^ Ac 11:19
  60. ^ Ac 13:3
  61. ^ Ac 11:23; 15:40
  62. ^ Ac 15:3, 4, 12; 21:19
  63. ^ 1Co 16:9; 2Co 2:12; Col 4:3; Re 3:8
  64. ^ Ac 11:26; 14:22

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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