Acts 14:6

⁴ But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

⁵ And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

⁷ And there they preached the gospel.

⁸ And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had 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.

Compare

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
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.
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2 Timothy 3:11
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
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Matthew 10:23
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
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Acts 17:13–14
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
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Acts 16:1–2
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
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Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
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2 Kings 6:8–12
Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
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Acts 23:12–22
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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