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Acts 14:6-23

6theybecameawareσυνιδόντεςsunidontesG4894ofit,andfleduntothecitiesπόλειςpoleisG4172ofLycaonia,LystraΛύστρανLustranG3082andDerbeΔέρβηνDerbēnG1191,andtheregionπερίχωρον,perichōronG4066roundabout:

7andtheretheypreachedthegospel.

8AndatLystraΛύστροιςLustroisG3082theresatG2521acertainτιςtisG5100manἀνὴρanērG435, impotentinhisfeetG4228,acripplefromhismother’sμητρὸςmētrosG3384wombκοιλίαςkoiliasG2836,whoneverοὐδέποτεoudepoteG3763hadwalkedπεριεπάτησεν.periepatēsenG4043.

9ThesameG846heardG191PaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972speakingλαλοῦντος,lalountosG2980:who, fasteninghiseyes uponhim,andseeingG3708thathehadfaithπίστινpistinG4102tobemadewhole,

10saidG3004withaloudμεγάλῃmegalēG3173voiceφωνῇ·phōnēaG5456,StandἀνάστηθιanastēthiG450uprightonthyfeetG4228.Andheleapedupandwalkedπεριεπάτει.periepateiG4043.

11AndwhenthemultitudeG3793sawG3708whatPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972haddone,theyliftedἐπῆρανepēranG1869uptheirvoiceφωνὴνphōnēnG5456,sayingλέγοντες·legontesG3004inthespeechofLycaonia,ThegodsθεοὶtheoiG2316arecomeκατέβησανkatebēsanG2597downtousinthelikenessofmenG444.

12AndtheycalledἐκάλουνekalounG2564BarnabasΒαρναβᾶνBarnabanG921, Jupiter;andPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972, Mercury,becausehewasG1510thechiefspeaker.

13Andthepriestἱερεὺςhi'ereusG2409ofJupiter whose templewasG1510beforethecityπόλεωςpoleōsG4172,broughtG5342oxenταύρουςtaurousG5022andgarlandsuntothegatesG4440,andwouldG2309havedonesacrificeθύειν.¶thueinG2380withthemultitudesG3793.

14ButwhentheapostlesG652,BarnabasΒαρναβᾶςBarnabasG921andPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,heardG191ofit,theyrenttheirgarmentsἱμάτιαhimatiaG2440,andsprang forthamongthemultitudeG3793,cryingκράζοντεςkrazontesG2896out

15andsayingλέγοντες·legontesG3004, Sirs,whyτίtiG5101doyethesethingsG3778?WealsoG2532areG1510menG444oflikepassionswithyou,andbringyougoodtidings,thatyeshouldturnἐπιστρέφεινepistrepheinG1994fromthesevainthingsG3778untoalivingG2198GodθεὸνtheonG2316,whomadeG4160theheavenοὐρανὸνouranonG3772andtheearthγῆνgēnG1093andtheseaθάλασσανthalassanG2281,andallthatinthemisG1510:

16whointhegenerationsγενεαῖςgeneaisG1074goneπορεύεσθαιporeuesthaiG4198bysufferedallthenationsἔθνηethnēG1484towalkintheirownwaysὁδοῖςhodoisG3598.

17AndyetheleftG863nothimselfwithoutwitness,inthathedidgoodἀγαθουργῶν,agathourgōnG14andgaveG1325youfromheavenοὐρανόθενouranothenG3771rainsG5205andfruitfulseasonsκαιροὺςkairousG2540, fillingyourheartsκαρδίαςkardiasG2588withfoodτροφῆςtrophēsG5160andgladness.

18Andwiththesesayings scarcerestrainedtheythemultitudesG3793fromdoingsacrificeG2380untothem.

19ButtherecameG1904JewsἸουδαῖοι,IoudaioiG2453thitherfromAntiochἈντιοχείαςAntiocheiasG490andIconiumἸκονίουIkoniouG2430:andhavingpersuadedG3982themultitudesG3793,theystonedG3034PaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972,anddraggedhimoutofthecityπόλεωςpoleōsG4172,supposingthathewasdead.

20ButasthedisciplesG3101stoodG450roundabouthim,heroseG450up,andenteredεἰσῆλθενeisēlthenG1525intothecityπόλινpolinG4172:andonthemorrowhewentG1831forthG1831withBarnabasΒαρναβᾷBarnabaG921toDerbeΔέρβην.DerbēnG1191.

21AndwhentheyhadpreachedthegospeltothatcityπόλινpolinG4172,andhadmademanyἱκανοὺςhikanousG2425disciples,theyreturnedὑπέστρεψανhupestrepsanG5290toLystraΛύστρανLustranG3082,andtoIconiumἸκόνιονIkonionG2430,andtoAntiochἈντιόχειαν·AntiocheianG490,

22confirmingthesoulsψυχὰςpsuchasG5590ofthedisciplesG3101,exhortingπαρακαλοῦντεςparakalountesG3870themtocontinueἐμμένεινemmeneinG1696inthefaithπίστειpisteiG4102,andthatthroughmanyπολλῶνpollōnG4183tribulationsθλίψεωνthlipseōnG2347wemustenterεἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinG1525intothekingdomβασιλείανbasileianG932ofGodθεοῦ.theouG2316.

23Andwhentheyhadappointedforthemeldersπρεσβυτέρους,presbuterousG4245ineverychurchἐκκλησίανekklēsianG1577,andhadprayedπροσευξάμενοιproseuxamenoiG4336withfasting,theycommendedthemtotheLordκυρίῳkuriōG2962,onwhomtheyhadbelievedG4100.

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