Acts 14:21

Acts 14:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
• English Standard Version (ESV)When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
• New Living Translation (NLT)After preaching the Good News in Derbe and making many disciples, Paul and Barnabas returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia,

Context of Acts 14:21

19Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. 20But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe. They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, 22strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. 23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

Acts 14:21 word by word

εὐαγγελισάμενοί τε τὴν πόλιν ἐκείνην καὶ μαθητεύσαντες ἱκανοὺς ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν Λύστραν καὶ εἰς Ἰκόνιον καὶ εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• when they had preached the gospelεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• to thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• cityὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• had taughtμαθητεύωmathēteuō · to discipleG3100
• manyἱκανόςhikanos · sufficientG2425
• they returned againὑποστρέφωhupostrephō · to returnG5290
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• LystraΛύστραLustra · LystraG3082
• IconiumἸκόνιονIkonion · IconiumG2430
• AntiochἈντιόχειαAntiocheia · AntiochG490

Cross-references for Acts 14:21

• Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
• Acts 14:1At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
• Acts 13:14From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down.
• Acts 15:36Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”
• Acts 16:2The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
• 2 Timothy 3:11persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

Commentaries on Acts 14:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Preached the Gospel to that city - Derbe, a city in the same province. See on Acts 14:6; (note). They returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium - Behold the courage of these Christian men! They counted not their lives dear to them, and returned to do their Masters work in the very places in which they had been so grievously persecuted, and where one of them had been apparently stoned to death! The man who knows he is God's ambassador, and that his life…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Had taught many - Or, rather, had made many disciples (margin). To Lystra - Acts 14:6. And to Iconium - Acts 14:1. We have here a remarkable instance of the courage of the apostles. In these very places they had been persecuted and stoned, and yet in the face of danger they ventured to return. The welfare of the infant churches they deemed of more consequence than their own safety; and they threw themselves again into the midst of danger, to comfort and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with great difficulty that men are kept back from evil on one side, so it is with great ease they are persuaded to evil on the other side. If Paul would have been Mercury, he might have been worshipped; but if he will be a faithful minister of Christ, he shall…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2821. and when they had preached ... to that city and had taught many--rather, "had made many disciples" (Margin); but probably without suffering any persecution, as Derbe is not mentioned along with Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra (2Ti 3:11). 21-22. they returned ... to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls, &c.--At Derbe, Paul was not far from the well-known pass which leads down from the central tableland to Cilicia and Tarsus. But his thoughts…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 14:21

• Antioch
• Iconium
• Lycaonia
• Lystra
• Paul
• Perseverance
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Antioch
• Iconium
• Lystra
• Confirm
• Cripple
• Pisidia
• Raise
• Unbelieving
• Acts of the Apostles
• Antioch, of Pisidia

Commentaries on Acts 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings