What tribulation did Paul face in Lystra?
One such incident occurred in Lystra.
In Lystra local people mistook Paul
At Lystra a certain man sat,
He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold,
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and,
The Lycaonian city of Lystra next got a witness.
In Lystra there sat a man who was lame.
Lystra was a small provincial city of no great importance.
they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch.”.
Why did people in Lystra call“ Barnabas Zeus, but Paul Hermes”?
described by the apostle Paul to the people of ancient Lystra.
They preached in a number of cities, including Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra.
After visiting Derbe, Paul and Barnabas“ returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch.
How did Jehovah bless the missionaries for returning to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch?
show flexibility when preaching to a crowd in Lystra? Paul was also flexible?
When Paul and Barnabas were in Lystra, Paul healed a man lame from birth.
In Lystra local people mistook Paul
and Barnabas for the Greek gods Hermes and Zeus.
The morning following his escape from death in Lystra, Paul left with Barnabas for Derbe.
It is noteworthy that Paul also said to the people of Lystra:“ In the past generations[
The Creator's love for humankind was described by the apostle Paul to the people of ancient Lystra.
Paul and Barnabas wisely fled to the next territory,“ Lystra and Derbe and the country round about.”
They became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
Shortly before that, he had been stoned at Lystra and left for dead! - Acts 14: 19- 22.
When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch.
In Lystra an enraged mob even stoned Paul,
leaving him for dead!“ However, when the disciples surrounded him, he rose up and entered into the city.
They revisited Lystra and Iconium, even though opposers in those cities had tried to kill Paul.
- Acts 13: 1- 3; 14: 1- 7, 19- 23.
And sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.
The apostle may
have visited their home during his first stay in Lystra, about 47/ 48 C. E. The two women
probably converted to Christianity at that time.
It is noteworthy that Paul also said to the people of Lystra:“ In the past generations[
God] permitted all the nations to go on in their ways.”.