{"id":2228,"date":"2017-07-06T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:38:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:38:56","slug":"acts-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/acts-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Acts 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter fourteen<\/strong> tells the second half of the first tour. Luke noted that \u201cTHE SAME THING HAPPENED IN ICONIUM,\u201d that is, the legalistic Jews harassed those who did believe Paul and Barnabas\u2019 message of the Messiah (Acts 14:1-7). Again, they performed miracles. This time, though, their lives were threatened (for the first time), and they had to leave quickly.<\/p>

In Lystra (Acts 14:8-18) the welcome was not at all what they expected. Rather than rejecting the apostles, after seeing a man healed who had been \u201cLAME FROM BIRTH,\u201d the crowd instead began to worship them! Paul and Barnabas would not accept this, of course, but even then \u201cTHEY SCARCELY PERSUADED THE CROWDS NOT TO OFFER SACRIFICE TO THEM.\u201d In what would become a trend (see Acts 17:13), the troublemaking Jews from previous places \u2013 both Antioch and Iconium in this case \u2013 had followed them to stir up trouble. Not only were they successful in threatening Paul\u2019s life, this time they got the crowd to actually stone him, presumably to death (Acts 14:19-20). 1<\/sup><\/a> He remained alive, however, and encouraged the believers before moving onto one more city, Derbe.<\/p>

This concluded the first missionary tour. From Derbe, Paul and Barnabas circled back to the places they had already been where they \u201cSTRENGTHENED THE SOULS OF THE DISCIPLES AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO CONTINUE IN THE FAITH\u201d (Acts 14:21-28). They also established formal leadership in the individual churches by appointing elders for them. Back in Antioch, they reported the wonderful news of what God had done and spent time recovering and preparing for their next ministry.<\/p>

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  1. Some understand this to be the time Paul referred to in 2 Corinthians 12 when he went to heaven. However, Paul said that took place \u201cFOURTEEN YEARS\u201d before he wrote that letter, which would have been too early for this missionary tour. \u21a9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Chapter fourteen tells the second half of the first tour. Luke noted that \u201cTHE SAME THING HAPPENED IN ICONIUM,\u201d that is, the legalistic Jews harassed those who did believe Paul and Barnabas\u2019 message of the Messiah (Acts 14:1-7). Again, they performed miracles. 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