17. yet, in bestowing his goodness, he did not leave himself without witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filled you with nourishment and gladness for your hearts.”
18. Even with these words, they scarcely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
19. However, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
20. But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
21. After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch.
22. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”
23. They appointed presbyters for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith.
24. Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia.
25. After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia.
26. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished.
27. And when they arrived, they called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
28. Then they spent no little time with the disciples.