Acts 14:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.

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  • Matt 10:23 : 23 Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
  • 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.
  • Acts 14:20-21 : 20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. 21 Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.
  • Acts 16:1-2 : 1 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but whose father was a Greek. 2 The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
  • Acts 17:13-14 : 13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds. 14 Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
  • Acts 23:12-22 : 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul. 15 So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.” 16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul. 17 Paul called one of the centurions and said,“Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.” 18 So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said,“The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.” 19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?” 20 He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him. 21 So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.” 22 Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him,“Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
  • 2 Kgs 6:8-9 : 8 Elisha Defeats an Army Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said,“Invade at such and such a place.” 9 But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel,“Make sure you don’t pass through this place because Syria is invading there.” 10 So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions. 11 This made the king of Syria upset. So he summoned his advisers and said to them,“One of us must be helping the king of Israel.” 12 One of his advisers said,“No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

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  • 7 There they continued to proclaim the good news.

  • 5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

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    18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

    19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

    20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

    21 Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch.

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    49 So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

    50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

    51 So after they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, they went to Iconium.

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    38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

    39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

    40 When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed.

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    24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came into Pamphylia,

    25 and when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

    26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

    27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

    28 So they spent considerable time with the disciples.

  • Acts 14:1-2
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    1 Paul and Barnabas at Iconium The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

    2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

  • 6 Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

  • 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

  • 30 When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

  • 4 Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

  • 2 The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

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    19 Activity in the Church at Antioch Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.

    20 But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

  • 6 Paul’s Vision of the Macedonian Man They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia.

  • 57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

  • 33 But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.

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    22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

    23 After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

  • Acts 17:8-10
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    8 They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

    9 After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.

    10 Paul and Silas at Berea The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

  • 22 A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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    13 Paul and Barnabas at Pisidian Antioch Then Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

    14 Moving on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

  • 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

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    13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.

    14 Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

  • Acts 13:4-5
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    4 Paul and Barnabas Preach in Cyprus So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

    5 When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.(Now they also had John as their assistant.)

  • 11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language,“The gods have come down to us in human form!”

  • 1 Paul and Silas at Thessalonica After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

  • 29 The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

  • 50 Then all the disciples left him and fled.

  • 29 They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

  • 34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.

  • 4 As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.

  • 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,