Through Many Tribulations — Key Takeaways
The gospel survives hostility not by seeking showdowns but by enduring tribulation as testimony — Paul and Barnabas flee one stoning, survive another, then retrace their steps through those same hostile cities to strengthen and organize the believers they left behind.
Key takeaways
Lystra's crowd called Barnabas Zeus, Paul Hermes — not because they were worshipped, but because an old Baucis and Philemon myth predicted…
Lystra's crowd called Barnabas Zeus, Paul Hermes — not because they were worshipped, but because an old Baucis and Philemon myth predicted…
- The footnote cites Ovid's Metamorphoses 8.611-678 (AD 8) as the myth's primary source
- Because Paul was the chief speaker, the crowd assigned him Hermes (the messenger god)
Paul and Barnabas returned through cities that had just stoned Paul, to strengthen new disciples — finishing the mission mattered more…
Paul and Barnabas returned through cities that had just stoned Paul, to strengthen new disciples — finishing the mission mattered more…
- Acts 14:21-22 — they strengthened souls and encouraged continuing in faith
- Paul re-entered Lystra that same day, then returned again after Derbe
The miracle at Lystra followed a pattern: Paul saw the crippled man had 'faith to be made well' before speaking the healing
The miracle at Lystra followed a pattern: Paul saw the crippled man had 'faith to be made well' before speaking the healing
- Acts 14:9 — Paul looked intently at him and perceived his faith
- Faith preceded the miracle; the man never walked, yet believed he could
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In this piece
- Departure from Antioch and Journey to Iconium
- Preaching in the Iconium Synagogue
- Opposition and Division in Iconium
- Flight to Lystra and Derbe
- Healing of the Crippled Man at Lystra
- Mistaken for Zeus and Hermes
- Apostles' Protest Against Sacrifice
- Stoning of Paul and Survival
- Return Journey Strengthening Disciples
- Return to Antioch and Report to the Church
“This is what happens when new hope and old fears occupy the same place.”
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