vinhvd749_en_elt_act_book/act/14.json

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"1": "And it happened that in Iconium they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way so that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.",
"2": "But the Jews who were disobedient stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.\n\n\\ts\\*",
"3": "So they stayed there for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord who is testifying to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.",
"4": "But the population of the city was divided; and some were with the Jews, but some with the apostles.\n\n\\ts\\*",
"5": "But when an attempt happened of both the Gentiles and the Jews (with their rulers) to mistreat and stone them,",
"6": "having become aware of it, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the surrounding region,",
"7": "and there they continued to proclaim the gospel.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
"8": "And in Lystra a certain man sat, powerless in his feet, lame from the womb of his mother, who never had walked.",
"9": "This one heard Paul speaking. He looked intently at him and saw that he has faith to be saved.",
"10": "He said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet,” and he jumped up and walked around.\n\n\\ts\\*",
"11": "And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods being made like men have come down to us.”",
"12": "And they were calling Barnabas “Zeus,” and Paul “Hermes,” because he was the main speaker.",
"13": "And the priest of the temple of Zeus, which was in front of the city, brought oxen and wreaths to the gates, wanting to sacrifice with the crowds.\n\n\\ts\\*",
"14": "But when hearing of it, the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, having torn their clothing, rushed out into the crowd, crying out",
"15": "and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same feelings as you. We are proclaiming the gospel to you, to turn from these useless things to a living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that is in them.",
"16": "In the generations gone by, he allowed all the nations to go their own ways.\n\n\\ts\\*",
"17": "And yet, he did not leave himself without witness; doing good, giving you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”",
"18": "And even saying these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
"19": "But Jews from Antioch and Iconium came and persuaded the crowds. So having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, thinking him to be dead.",
"20": "But as the disciples surrounded him, arising, he entered into the city, and the next day, he went with Barnabas to Derbe.\n\n\\ts\\*",
"21": "After they had both proclaimed the gospel in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch.",
"22": "They were strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “It is necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many afflictions.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
"23": "And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.",
"24": "And when they passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.",
"25": "And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.",
"26": "From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed.\n\n\\ts\\*",
"27": "And when they arrived and gathered together the church, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.",
"28": "And they stayed for not a little time with the disciples.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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