3. So they remained a long time, speaking boldly in the Master, who was bearing witness to the word of His favour, giving signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4. And the crowd of the city was divided, and some sided with the Yehuḏim, and some with the emissaries.
5. But when a move took place by both the gentiles and Yehuḏim, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them,
6. they became aware of it and fled to Lustra and Derbe, cities of Lukaonia, and the country round about.
7. And they were bringing the Good News there.
8. And in Lustra there was sitting a certain man, disabled in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.
9. This one heard Sha’ul speaking, who, looking intently at him and seeing that he had belief to be healed,
10. said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” And he sprang up and began to walk.
11. And when the crowds saw what Sha’ul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lukaonian, “The mighty ones have become like men and come down to us!”
12. And they called Barnaḇah Zeus, and Sha’ul Hermes, since he was the chief speaker.
13. And the priest of Zeus, being in front of their city, brought oxen and wreaths to the gates, and wished to offer with the crowds.
14. And when the emissaries Barnaḇah and Sha’ul heard this, they tore their garments and ran in among the crowd, crying out
15. and saying, “Men, why are you doing this? We also are men with the same nature as you, bringing to you the Good News: to turn from these worthless matters to the living Elohim, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that is in them,
16. who in past generations allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways,
17. though, indeed, He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good – giving us rain from heaven and fruit-bearing seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
18. Even with these words they still had difficulty in stopping the crowds from offering to them.