Acts 14:20

Courage and strength Protection and safety

¹⁸ Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.

¹⁹ Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

²¹ They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

²² strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
KJV: Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
WEB: But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.
ASV: But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and entered into the city: and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe.
DARBY: But while the disciples encircled him, he rose up and entered into the city. And on the morrow he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.
BLB: But the disciples having surrounded him, having risen up, he entered into the city. And on the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.

ÅB: men mens disiplene flokket seg omkring ham, sto han opp og gikk inn i byen. Den neste dag dro han med Barnabas avsted til Derbe.
OTB: Men mens disiplene samlet seg rundt ham, reiste han seg opp og gikk tilbake inn i byen. Neste dag dro han sammen med Barnabas til Derbe.
B1930: men mens disiplene flokket sig omkring ham, stod han op og gikk inn i byen. Den næste dag drog han med Barnabas avsted til Derbe.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 1:9–10
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
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2 Corinthians 6:9
as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
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Acts 14:6
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
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Acts 20:1
When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
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Acts 16:40
After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.
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Acts 16:1
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
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Acts 12:17
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
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Revelation 11:7–12
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
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