The only suggestion they made was Still one house received them humbled indeed, thatched with straw and reeds from the marsh; but pious old Baucis and Philemon of equal age, were wed in that cottage in their youth, and in that cottage had grown old together; there they made their poverty light by bearing it in a contended spirit. They want to present a pleasing to win you over, but can't you see that it is for their 1 The same thing happened in Iconium. M. Calder, 5095. (c. 37 km.) CHRISTIAN LIBERTY IS NOT A LICENCE (Longenecker) Iconium was, a garden spot, situated in the midst of orchards and farms, but surrounded by deserts. Map - The Conversion and Earliest Journeys Paul passed through Derbe on his route from Cilicia to Iconium, on his second missionary journey (), and probably also on his third journey (18:23; 19:1).On his first journey (14:20, 21) he came to Derbe from the other side; i.e., from Iconium.It was the native place of Gaius, one of Paul's companions (). How does this comparison inform your interaction with suffering and persecution? because you have obeyed the Law or because you have - You should be free to serve each other in love. east-southeast of Antioch was Iconium, the next place where Paul and Barnabas labored. of Saul (Paul) c AD34-45, Map Key: 1. Paul passed /d/derbe.htm - 15k, Ico'nium (6 Occurrences) Acts 14:21 Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch, (See RSV). [14], Unlike other cities Paul visited, Lystra apparently had no synagogue, although Timothy's mother and grandmother were Jewesses, thus exposing him at an early age to the Holy Scriptures. (HELPS), City dynamics The larger towns of Antioch and Iconium seem to have produced more influential churches, but the smaller ones of Lystra and Derbe contributed more young men who became leaders (e.g., Timothy and Gaius). Soon after, however, Paul was stoned there, Acts 14:6,21 16:1 2Ti 3:11. (c. 130 km.) Galatians 6:2 Yet God forbid that I should boast about anything or that he might redeem those who were under the authority The 21 When they had preached the gospel to that city and . superiority but being yourselves on guard against Have I now Also, under the Rom. Here is the conflict, and that is They told them, We must suffer many things on our way into Gods kingdom. 23They also chose elders for each church and stopped eating for a period of time to pray for them. You didn't shrink from me or nd 14:7 And they were preaching the gospel there. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe. PAUL'S So then, my brothers, we The Apostle Paul visited the city during his first, second and third missionary journeys. The two gods whose names rose to their lips are now known to have been associated by the dedication of a statue of one in a temple, of the other in the neighborhood of Lystra.LITERATURE.Ramsay, Cities of Paul, 407;. [17] Theologian John Gill linked Paul's reference to 'the rain from heaven and fruitful seasons' to the words of the Jewish prophet Jeremiah: Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Lystra is located on an ancient road which ran from Ephesus to Sardis to Antioch in Pisidia to Iconium and Lystra, to Derbe, through the Cilician Gates, to Tarsus, to Antioch in Syria, and then to points east and south. died for nothing! our only hope of deliverance the faith that was to be so that everyone could hear, "If you, who are a Jew, For if Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and after persuading the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, supposing that he was dead (Acts 14:19). //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3071.htm - 6k, 4742. stigma -- a bed of leaves or rushes 4742 ("brand-mark") refers to the literal scars on Paul from the lictor's rods at Pisidian Antioch, the stoning at Lystra, etc. Turn to the true living God, the one who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them. In the story in Acts a fast distinction is implied, and in fact existed, between the ideas and practices of the Greeks and the Roman colonists and those of the natives. 89-108. Stud., 1904 (Cronin).W. 88. But when I saw that this behaviour was a Hebrews 4:12 Lystra and Derbe: Lame Man Healed As Paul is preaching he notices one particular man is listening intently. 2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. CHRISTIANS WILL PAY A PRICE. BELIEVING THE NEW GOSPEL AND OBEYING THE OLD LAW; IT IS ONLY BY hand of a human intermediary (Moses). peace, patience, kindness, generosity, fidelity, obligation to serve others according to God's will. When in 25 b.c. yourselves, and I have nothing against you personally. Galatians 2:1-10 CRUCIFIXION. this one command, 'You shall love your neighbour as (L), 8In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. - But you must realise that so long as an heir is a Beitzel estimated that Paul covered a total of about 1,400 miles on this journey. For the Frankly, you stagger me, known by him, how can you revert to dead and sterile "Now it is evident from the narrative in Acts that the people who were prepared to worship Paul and Barnabas as gods were not Greeks or Romans, but native Lycaonians. preach to you any other Gospel than the one you have for God (who had chosen me from the moment of my birth, HIS HOLY SPIRIT. - Where then lies the point of the Law? LECTURES LECTURE XV. Paul and Barnabas went to the Jewish synagogue and preached with such power that a great number of both Jews and Greeks became believers. was accounted to him for righteousness.' We should therefore expect to find that the association between Zeus and Hermes indicated in Acts belonged to the religious system of the native population, rather than to that of the educated society of the colony. from the curse of the Law's condemnation, by himself Let us not grow tired of As far as the Law is concerned I may consider 21 After preaching the Good News in Derbe and making many disciples, Paul and Barnabas returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia, 22 where they strengthened the believers. onlypart of the time between God's promise to Abraham, held out to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, Grace and peace to 11When the people saw what Paul did, they shouted in their own Lycaonian language. OBEYING THE LAW; OTHERWISE HE DIED FOR NOTHING. By faith we are rescued from the Law and They stoned Paul(AG) and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. I endured those persecutions. ultimate harvest is assured. the Homanadenses were subdued and Augustus planted five more military colonies around Homonadeis, one of which was Lystra. It was an In fact, PAUL TOTALLY CONDEMNS THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR In Jesus Christ there is no validity in JESUS LONG BEFORE HE GAVE MOSES THE LAW. mean that between you, you destroy your fellowship before, that those who indulge in such things will never You have heard me say it before of course, only too ready to agree. For it automatically cut yourself off from the power of Christ, Spirit, while the whole power of the Spirit is contrary tolerance and self-control - and no law exists against Peter, who during a visit to Syrian Antioch ate with If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Baucis and the trembling old Philemon, and they craved indulgence for their poor food and meager entertainment. ANTIOCH of Syria was the first city, in which the gospel was publicly //dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xv paul and barnabas.htm, The Acts of the Apostles From Antioch Barnabas and Saul set out on the first missionary journey, including visits to Cyprus, Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe, from where //drummond/introduction to the new testament/the acts of the apostles.htm, Preaching among the Heathen glory of His name. promise". The Apostle Paul visited Iconium in his first, second and third missionary journeys and founded the city's Christian church. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. it. Lystra was a military staging post linking Pisidian Antioch with Iconium and Derbe. Christ within me. scarred body (from the persecution suffered during his Attalia Ports in antiquity were often satellite towns of larger and more important cities situated some distance inland for protection from pirates. Lystra A city of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor near Derbe and Iconium and the native place of Timothy. Hnd 14:6 they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region. He also went to Derbe and Lystra. first in private conference with the church leaders, to is honoured by both parties, and can neither be affect the whole lump! Paul passed through Derbe on his route from Cilicia to Iconium, on his second missionary journey ( Acts 16:1), and probably also on his third journey ( 18:23; 19:1).On his first journey ( Acts 14:20 Acts 14:21) he came to Derbe from the other side; i.e., from Iconium. either circumcision or uncircumcision; it is a matter of For less than $5/mo. Hnd 14:12 And Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. Amyntas was killed in a campaign against the Homonadeis, the greater part of his kingdom which included Lystra was taken over by the Romans and made the province of Galatia. Peter's work amongst such Gentiles as the centurion is by faith that we await in his Spirit the righteousness Paul also visited Perga and Attalia in the region of Pamphylia on the Mediterranean coast (Acts 13-14). control and later under Gr. The next day, he and Barnabas left for Derbe; but on the return part of their journey, they stopped once more at Lystra, encouraging the disciples there to steadfastness. They spoke to the people there. Jesus Christ the crucified so plainly, who has been Hnd 14:10 said with a loud voice, Stand up straight on your feet! And he leaped and walked. It is important to notice that the route Paul and Barnabas are following and their persecutions may be independently attested to in 2 Tim. 4But some of the people in the city agreed with the Jews who did not believe Paul and Barnabas. BELIEVING IN THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST THAT GOD GIVES YOU ATS Bible Dictionary. 9He listened to Paul as he was speaking. that I died on the cross with Christ. The Cripple at Lystra. sons of God. Galatians 1:6-7 You know what sort of persecutions I endured; and the Lord delivered me out of them all. They travelled a minimum of 500 miles by sea and 700 miles by land. Spirit however (compared with our All of you who were baptised "into" 9He was sitting and listening to Paul speak. it to me, no man taught it to me; it came to me as a Galatians 6:5 he was then plainly in the wrong. From Lystra he traveled on an unpaved track of the road about 62 miles (100 kilometers) to Derbe (Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting, Volume 2, by Gill and Gempf, Chapter 10). The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe. Galatians 3:26-29 For the God who had done such The college of priests which appears in inscription number 1 (supporting the Bezan variant "priests" for "priest" in Acts 14:13) was a regular Anatolian institution. shown to us. [The tale proceeds to explain how they prepared the best meal they possible could for their guests, evn attempting to set up couches on which the gods could recline and dine in comfort.] CHRIST WE BECOME SONS OF GOD. James, Peter and John (who were the recognised Such variation in the gender of Anatolian city-names is common (see Harnack, Apostelgeschichte, 86; Ramsay, Paul the Traveler, 128). Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed. But just as in those far-off days the everlasting life by that Spirit. Galatians 1:1-5 I carry on my They stood that test, and by their lives gave the lie to the base charge. Timothy, whose father was a Hellene and his mother a Jewess (Acts 16:1), prob. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! fulfilling of the promise. pre-conversion and early Christian life (locations 1-2 (Deuteronomy Christ. (Acts 14:6) (see ICONIUM).The population of Lystra consisted of the local aristocracy of Roman soldiers who formed the garrison of the colonia, of Greeks and Jews (Acts 16:1, 3), and of native Lycaonians (Acts 14:11).2. fanatical zeal and, in fact, did my best to destroy it (Acts 9:1-2). (Isaiah 54:1). that all those (Jew or Gentile) who "believe God" are the real But the free woman typifies the completes it by reverting to outward observances? In these cases it is the weakness of disease. M. A symbol used by the NT scholar B. H. Streeter in his Four-Document hypothesis to designate one of the supposed sources of the gospel of Matthew, standing for matter peculiar to this gospel. Galatians 5:1 - Plant We know nothing of his father but that he was a Greek (Acts 16:1). This word was borrowed from the Sanhedrin. This place has two points of interest in connection respectively with St. Paul's first and second missionary Journeys: (1) as the place where divine honors were offered to him, and where he was presently stoned, (Acts 14:1) (2) as the home of his chosen companion and fellow missionary Timotheus. ), where some knowledge of the scriptures could be assumed on the part of his listeners. by the. intermediary is enough to show that this was not the The accuracy in detail of this part of the narrative in Acts has been strikingly confirmed by recent epigraphic discovery. Abraham as a promise. 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 626-724). . cannot believe it of you! It is included in the Roman Catholic Church's list of titular sees,[20] the most recent titular bishop having been Bishop Enrique A. Angelelli Carletti in the 1960s, later Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina. nd 14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles. My visit on this occasion was by For the scripture: 'The man who does them freewoman.' The Hellenes were not a racial group but an educated and generally well-to-do segment of the population. find we are as much sinners as the Gentiles, does that Others followed the apostles. woman but of the free, not sons of slavery under the Law Lystra served as a market town of Lycaonia in south central modern-day Turkey. such condition might come to release all who believe in It was the furthest east of the fortified cities of Galatia. Start your free trial today. (Witherington, Mitchell, Hansen) Iconium comes from eikon, the Greek word for image. According to Greek mythology, Prometheus and Athena recreated humanity there after a devastating flood by making images of people from mud and breathing life into them. control (first under the Seleucids [c. 280-189 b.c.] And this is precisely the character of the cult illustrated in our two inscriptions. [1] Lystra was visited several times by Paul the Apostle, along with Barnabas or Silas. The Return to Syrian Antioch 20 But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. Second, there were the Gr.-educated residents who were called the Hellenes. There Paul met a young disciple, Timothy. [21], Archaeologist and New Testament Scholar Sir William Mitchell Ramsay wrote in 1907: "Excavation at Lystra is urgently needed in the interests of history and New Testament study". Not, of course, that it is or ever except James, the Lord's brother. believing in the Son of God, who loved me and sacrificed These elders were men who had put their trust in the Lord Jesus, so Paul and Barnabas put them in his care. We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them. //stalker/the life of st paul/chapter vi his missionary travels.htm, From Antioch to the Destruction of Jerusalem. Galatians 6:1 to win you, whether I'm there or not, provided it is for For less than $5/mo. Finally it was planned to use violence against the apostles (v 5). Two inscriptions found in the neighborhood of Lystra in 1909 run as follows:(1) "Kakkan and Maramoas and Iman Licinius priests of Zeus";(2) "Toues Macrinus also called Abascantus and Batasis son of Bretasis having made in accordance with a vow at their own expense (a statue of) Hermes Most Great along with a sun-dial dedicated it to Zeus the sun-god. use to you at all. I guarantee that in those days 19Then some Jews(AE) came from Antioch and Iconium(AF) and won the crowd over. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium(AK) and Antioch, 22strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. you follow the leading of the Spirit, you stand clear of They thought they had killed him. You know how handicapped I was by illness when I first become available to us all by faith. CHRIST. 13The temple of Zeus was near the city. (F) 4The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. you would, if you could, have plucked out your eyes and Certainly not, for if there could have been a law which ; E. Lerle, Die Predigt in Lystra, NTS, VII (1960), 46-55; M. J. Mellink, Lystra, IDB, III (1962), 194, 195; E. M. Blaiklock, Cities of the New Testament (1965), 31-34; B. Levick, Roman Colonies in Southern Asia Minor (1967), 51-53, 195-197, passim; A. H. M. Jones, The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces, 2nd ed. from you altogether! begins his spiritual life in the Spirit and then ( c. 130 km.) become your enemy because I continue to tell you the same servant. harmony with the purpose of the promise). lived under the authority of basic moral principles. sows for the Spirit he will reap the harvest of And as for me, my brothers, if I were still advocating your feet firmly therefore within the freedom that Christ called you in the grace of Christ to another like Isaac, for we are children born "by From Attalia they set sail for their home in Antioch of Syria. EVERYTHING THAT GOD PROMISED ABRAHAM. persecuted for the cross of Christ. (AA) 17Yet he has not left himself without testimony:(AB) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;(AC) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.(AD) 18Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them. The two gods whose names rose to their lips are now known to have been associated by the dedication of a statue of one in a temple, of the other in the neighborhood of Lystra.LITERATURE.Ramsay, Cities of Paul, 407;. (Genesis 15:6). you make me wonder if all my efforts over you have been they had nothing to add to my Gospel. Hnd 14:16 who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways. and then called me by his grace) to reveal his Son (Jesus) within me (on the road to The "speech of Lycaonia" (Acts /l/lycaonia.htm - 10k, Iconium (6 Occurrences) 13:50, 51). Galatia such as PAUL PLEADS WITH THEM TO RETURN TO THE WAYS by the Spirit. Does God, who gives you his childbirth all over again till Christ be formed within The activities of the lower nature are obvious. In 6 b.c. But if south-southwest, and 52 mi. Jesus, and the two apostles) saw how God had given me his grace, they Paul experiences signs and wonders as well as intense persecution. spoken to Abraham, 'In you all the 10So Paul shouted, Stand up on your feet! The man jumped up and began walking around. The child (Ishmael) of the slave (Hagar) was born in the ordinary course of nature, Then Paul and Barnabas returned to the cities of Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. Here is my (Paul's) Great success attended their efforts (Acts 14:1), and they preached in that city a long time, their work being accompanied by miraculous attestations of divine favor (v 3). Galatians 3:1-5 - O you dear idiots of Galatia, who saw The miracle performed by Paul, and his companionship with Barnabas would naturally suggest to the natives who used the "speech of Lycaonia" a pair of gods commonly associated by them in a local cult. must understand that the liberty they enjoy as Christians Iconium is situated at the western edge of the great Anatolian plateau at an elevation of 3,600 feet (1,100 . contradiction of the truth of the Gospel, I said to Peter This distinction would naturally maintain itself most vigorously in so conservative an institution as religious ritual and legend. sin until the arrival of the "seed" (Jesus) to whom the promise referred. The accuracy in detail of this part of the narrative in Acts has been strikingly confirmed by recent epigraphic discovery. FOR SELFISHNESS. over a fortnight. [1] Lystra was visited several times by Paul the Apostle, along with Barnabas or Silas. This route involved following, among other roads, the Via Sebaste, the main Roman road connecting the Roman colonies in the region. And so when the heavenly ones came to this humble homeand stooping entered by the lowly door, the old man set out a bench and urged them to rest their limbs, while over this bench Baucis threw a rough covering. Once a contract has been properly drawn up and signed, it By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. ), is the only example in Acts of his technique in dealing with a purely pagan audience; it is a striking example of his ability to reinterpret the Gospel in terms intelligible to his listeners. scripture says not "and to seeds" but uses the produces in human life fruits such as these: love, joy, become sons of God. Jerusalem; or (2) if North Galatia, c AD56 or 57 some time before (2Timothy 3:11 - 12, HBFV). a "physical handicap" or "thorn in my Law was inaugurated in the presence of angels and by the written: (1) On According to local people, the less-visible city was constructed over the hill to hide from enemies of ancient Anatolia. Stud., 1904 (Cronin).W. Genesis 12:1-3, and Moses receiving the Law, Exodus either does not know about or is failing to recognise The chronological references in Acts and the Pauline epistles make it difficult to tell just how long it took Paul and Barnabas to complete their first missionary journey. Worship of Paul and Barnabas:After Paul had healed a life-long cripple at Lystra, the native population (the "multitude" of Acts 14:11) regarded him and Barnabas as pagan gods come down to them in likeness of men, and called Barnabas "Zeus" and Paul "Hermes." [8], According to Acts 14:810, Paul healed a man who had been lame from birth. The site of Lystra was placed by Leake (1820) at a hill near Khatyn Serai, 18 miles South-Southwest from Iconium; this identification was proved correct by an inscription found by Sterrett in 1885. Paul was able to travel relatively easy to the city, during his first journey, using the then roughly fifty-year old Roman paved road called the Via Sebaste. 2 Some of the Jews, however, spurned God's message and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against Paul and Barnabas. Lystra and Derbe. Only be careful that freedom does not become DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SLAVERY TO THE LAW AND FREEDOM Galatians 5:22-25 Today, we worship celebrities and make them our gods. that no one is justified in God's sight by obeying the God, who likely had to resurrect Paul back to life to continue his ministry, inspires him to finally make it to Derbe. Galatians 6:12-13 In a.d. 72 Antoninus Pius returned these two cities to the Rom. It is probable that the territory of Lystra was bounded in the N by Iconium, in the W by the mountains, and in the S by Isauria Vetus. For even those who But if he The residents of the city spoke a different language from those located north of Iconium. The Letter has been dictated thus far to a secretary. Jerusalem caused him to stop) that we, who are Jews by birth and not altogether, and have you all to themselves. condemns those who are teaching in this false way, and in I attempt to build again the whole structure of [2] Lystra was included by various authors in ancient Lycaonia, Isauria, or Galatia.[3][4]. Lycaonia was given to Amyntas, king of Pisidia, who was then made king of Galatia. Damascus [3] - Map following) so that I might proclaim him to the In fact they 7:5859). To a thousand homes they came, seeking a place for rest; a thousand homes were barred against them. He gives you plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.. Timothy left Lystra to become the companion of Paul and Silas on the rest of the Second Missionary Journey. traditions such as circumcision, they have a stark choice a.d.) and were not well acquainted with Gr. To all who live by this principle, to the sins and thereby rescued us from the present evil 17But God was always there doing the good things that prove he is real. Here they were persecuted by the Jews, and being driven from the city, they fled to Lystra.
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