New English Translation

Acts 14:7-13 New English Translation (NET)

7. There they continued to proclaim the good news.

8. In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

9. This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

10. he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.

11. So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

12. They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

13. The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.