Lystra
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Named at Acts 14:6 as one of the cities of Lycaonia. At 14:5–7, 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 Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region, and there they preached the Good News. At 14:8–18 there is at Lystra a man who never had walked, and when Paul says with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!”, the man leaps up and walks; the multitude, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”, call Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, and the priest of Jupiter would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes, but the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, tear their clothes, spring into the multitude, and hardly stop the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them; at 14:19–20 some Jews from Antioch and Iconium persuade the multitudes, stone Paul and drag him out of the city, but as the disciples stand around him, he rises up, enters into the city, and on the next day goes out with Barnabas to Derbe. At 14:21, when they have preached the Good News to that city and made many disciples, they return to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. Acts 16:1 says that Paul came to Derbe and Lystra, and a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, and 16:2 that the brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
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- 2TI 3:10–17, engwebp
10But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
11persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
12Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
17that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- 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.
- 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.
- ACT 14:21–28, engwebp
21When they had preached the Good News to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
22strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.
23When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they had believed.
24They passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
25When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
27When they had arrived and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
28They stayed there with the disciples for a long time.
- ACT 16:1–5, engwebp
1He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek.
2The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
3Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
5So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Lystra” by name and 6 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tel Lystra (confidence 1000 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Tel Lystra
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
37.6017, 32.3384
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Narrated location (5) — At Iconium the apostles speak boldly, then flee to Lystra and Derbe, At Lystra a man lame from birth walks, the multitude would sacrifice to Barnabas and Paul, and Paul is stoned, Strengthening the disciples on the way back, and the report to the assembly at Antioch, Paul takes Timothy with him and circumcises him, What happened to the writer at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, and the appeal to remain in what was learned
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they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.
When they had preached the Good News to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek.
The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
persecutions, and sufferings—those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Lystra (place-lystra) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/lystra Current wording: Named at Acts 14:6 as one of the cities of Lycaonia. At 14:5–7, 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 Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region, and there they preached the Good News. At 14:8–18 there is at Lystra a man who never had walked, and when Paul says with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!”, the man leaps up and walks; the multitude, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”, call Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, and the priest of Jupiter would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes, but the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, tear their clothes, spring into the multitude, and hardly stop the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them; at 14:19–20 some Jews from Antioch and Iconium persuade the multitudes, stone Paul and drag him out of the city, but as the disciples stand around him, he rises up, enters into the city, and on the next day goes out with Barnabas to Derbe. At 14:21, when they have preached the Good News to that city and made many disciples, they return to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. Acts 16:1 says that Paul came to Derbe and Lystra, and a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, and 16:2 that the brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him. Cited evidence: 2TI 3:10–17, engwebp / ACT 14:1–7, engwebp / ACT 14:8–20, engwebp / ACT 14:21–28, engwebp / ACT 16:1–5, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.