Acts 14:6

⁴ The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

⁵ But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

⁷ where they continued to preach the gospel.

⁸ In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

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.

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BSB: they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
KJV: They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
WEB: they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
ASV: they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
DARBY: they, being aware of it, fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country,
BLB: having become aware, they fled to the Lycaonian cities Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region,

ÅB: og de merket dette, flyktet de til byene i Lykaonia, Lystra og Derbe, og landet deromkring,
OTB: fikk de vite om det og flyktet til byene i Lykaonia, Lystra og Derbe, og det omkringliggende området.
B1930: og de merket dette, flydde de til byene i Lykaonia, Lystra og Derbe, og landet deromkring,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 14:20–21
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.
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2 Timothy 3:11
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
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Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Acts 17:13–14
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
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Acts 16:1–2
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 9:24
but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
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2 Kings 6:8–12
Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
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Acts 23:12–22
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
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