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Lycaonia

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Named at Acts 14:6, which calls Lystra and Derbe cities of Lycaonia. At 14:5–6, when some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone the apostles at Iconium, the apostles became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region; and at 14:11 the multitude, when they saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

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ACT 14:1–7, engwebp
¹In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
²But the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.
³Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
⁴But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews and part with the apostles.
⁵When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
⁶they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
⁷There they preached the Good News.
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ACT 14:8–20, engwebp
⁸At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.
⁹He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
¹⁰said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” He leaped up and walked.
¹¹When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
¹²They called Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, because he was the chief speaker.
¹³The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.
¹⁴But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
¹⁵“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of the same nature as you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
¹⁶who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
¹⁷Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
¹⁸Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.
¹⁹But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
²⁰But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Lycaonia” by name and 2 shared verses. The leading identification is Lycaonia (confidence 1000 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it.

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Lycaonia
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
38, 33
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Lycaonia” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (1) — At Iconium the apostles speak boldly, then flee to Lystra and Derbe

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they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.

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When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

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Entry: Lycaonia (place-lycaonia)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/lycaonia
Current wording: Named at Acts 14:6, which calls Lystra and Derbe cities of Lycaonia. At 14:5–6, when some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone the apostles at Iconium, the apostles became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region; and at 14:11 the multitude, when they saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
Cited evidence: ACT 14:1–7, engwebp / ACT 14:8–20, engwebp
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