Contemporary English Version Anglicised

The Acts 14:1-8 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. Paul and Barnabas spoke in the Jewish meeting place in Iconium, just as they had done at Antioch, and many Jews and Gentiles put their faith in the Lord.

2. But the Jews who did not have faith in him made the other Gentiles angry and turned them against the Lord's followers.

3. Paul and Barnabas stayed there for a while, having faith in the Lord and bravely speaking his message. The Lord gave them the power to perform miracles and wonders, and he showed that their message about his great kindness was true.

4. The people of Iconium did not know what to think. Some of them believed the Jewish group, and others believed the apostles.

5. Finally, some Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to make trouble for Paul and Barnabas and to stone them to death.

6-7. But when the two apostles found out what was happening, they escaped to the region of Lycaonia. They preached the good news there in the towns of Lystra and Derbe and in the nearby countryside.

8. In Lystra there was a man who had been born with crippled feet and had never been able to walk.