Acts 14:6

Translations

Modern

…they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

Traditional

They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

Literal

…having become aware, they fled to the Lycaonian cities Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region,

Latin

…intelligentes confugerunt ad civitates Lycaoniæ Lystram et Derben, et universam in circuitu regionem, et ibi evangelizantes erant.

Original

Greek

English

…they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

Notes

Acts 14:6

Lycaonia was a southern region of the Roman province of Galatia. Its major cities were Lystra, Derbe, Laranda, and Iconium. Acts reports two more visits by Paul to Lycaonia (16:1–5; 18:23). Paul’s letter to the Galatians was probably addressed to scattered believers in the churches of Lycaonia (see Galatians Book Introduction, “Recipients”).
Lystra was about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south or southwest of Iconium.
Derbe was about 50 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Lystra. It was on a busy main road that went from Iconium and Lystra towards the east to Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia.

Theme notes and profiles

Barnabas Paul (Saul) Persecution

Events

First Missionary Journeyc. AD 45
Mission to Lystra and Derbe

Related verses

2 Timothy 3:11
…my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Acts 14:20–21
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
Acts 16:1–2
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
Acts 17:13–14
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
Acts 9:24
…but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
Acts 23:12–22
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
2 Kings 6:8–12
Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

Places

Derbe: City in Lycaonia visited by Paul on missionary journeys Lycaonia: A region in Asia Minor; Paul and Barnabas preached there Lystra: A city in Lycaonia; Paul and Barnabas preached there

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Derbe Galatia Iconium Jerusalem Council Judaizers Lois Lycaonia Lystra Paul the Apostle Persecution

Topics

Barnabas: Goes with Paul to Iconium Christian Minister: Persecution: Paul Derbe: Paul Flees To Iconium: Paul is Persecuted by the People of Lycaonia: Paul Visits Towns of Lystra: One of Two Cities of Lycaonia, to Which Paul and Barnabas Fled from Persecutions in Iconium Paul: Visits Iconium, and Preaches to the Jews and Non-Jews Prudence: Paul and Barnabas, in Escaping Persecution Religious Zeal: Exemplified by Paul

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