Acts 14:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

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  • Matt 10:23 : 23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
  • 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.
  • Acts 14:20-21 : 20 But when the disciples came round him, he got up and went into the town: and the day after he went away with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,
  • Acts 16:1-2 : 1 And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek; 2 Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.
  • Acts 17:13-14 : 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up. 14 So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.
  • Acts 23:12-22 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death. 13 And more than forty of them took this oath. 14 And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death 15 So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death. 16 But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul. 17 And Paul sent for a captain and said, Take this young man to your chief, for he has news for him. 18 So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you. 19 And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me? 20 And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail. 21 But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order. 22 So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things.
  • 2 Kgs 6:8-9 : 8 At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place. 9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret. 10 So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once. 11 And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel? 12 And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.
  • Acts 9:24 : 24 But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death:

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    5And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,

  • Acts 14:18-21
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    18And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

    19But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.

    20But when the disciples came round him, he got up and went into the town: and the day after he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

    21And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

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    49And the word of the Lord went through all the country.

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    38And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

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    24And they went through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

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    6And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

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    14But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

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    4But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.

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    2Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

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    11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.

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    50And they all went away from him in fear.

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    29And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.

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