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Acts 14:6
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They caught wind of it though and hightailed it south down to Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding ranches.
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;
Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:
they, being aware of it, fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country,
they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.
they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
they fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia,
the Apostles, having become aware of it, made their escape into the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe, and the neighbouring country.
They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the region that lyeth round about.
perceiving this , they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country.
they perceaued it, and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of ye countre of Licaonia, and vnto ye region that lyeth rounde aboute,
of which they were appriz'd, and fled to Lystra and Derbe, citys of Lycaonia, and to the adjacent country,
they, aware of the situation, escaped to Lystra and Derbe, [taking refuge in the] cities of Lycaonia, and the neighboring region;
they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycao'nia, and to the surrounding country;
the they were ware of it and fled vnto Listra and Derba cities of Licaonia and vnto the region that lyeth round aboute
they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
Being apprised of [it], they fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the region in that vicinity.
they having become aware, did flee to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about,
When Paul and Barnabas learned about this, they ran away to Lystra and Derbe, cities in Lycaonia, and to the areas around those cities.
Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
But when the two apostles found out what was happening, they escaped to the region of Lycaonia. They preached the good news there in the towns of Lystra and Derbe and in the nearby countryside.
but they learned of it and escaped to Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,
they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,
They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the region round about,
And when they became aware of it, they departed and took refuge in Ly''stra and Derbe, cities of Lyc-ao''ni-a, and the villages near by.
they became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding territory.Matthew 10:23;">[xr]
And when they knew, they passed away, and escaped to the cities of Lykania, Lystra, and Derbe, and the villages which surround them,
And when they knew [fn] , they departed and fled to the cities of Lycaonia and Lystra and Derbe, and to the villages around them;
When the apostles learned of it, they fled to the region of Lycaonia—to the towns of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding area.
When Paul and Barnabas heard this, they got away and went to the cities of Lystra and Derbe in Lycaonia and to the country close by.
they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
the apostles learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country;
They became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding country;
They, understanding it, fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the whole country round about:
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
they became aware of it and fled to the Lycaonian cities—Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra & Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the regio that lieth rounde about:
When Paul and Barnabas learned about this, they left the city. They went to Lystra and Derbe, cities in Lycaonia, and to the surrounding areas.
they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;
When the apostles learned about it, they fled to the cities of Lystra and Derbe in Lycaonia and to the surrounding territory.
thei vndurstoden, and fledden togidere to the citees of Licaonye, and Listris, and Derben, and into al the cuntre aboute. And thei prechiden there the gospel, and al the multitude was moued togider in the teching of hem. Poul and Barnabas dwelten at Listris.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
were: Acts 9:24, Acts 17:13, Acts 17:14, Acts 23:12-22, 2 Kings 6:8-12
and fled: Matthew 10:23
Lystra: Acts 14:20, Acts 14:21, Acts 16:1, Acts 16:2, 2 Timothy 3:11
Lycaonia: Acts 14:11
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:9 - David Matthew 10:17 - beware Mark 3:7 - Jesus Luke 4:31 - taught Acts 15:36 - in every Acts 17:10 - went Acts 20:4 - Derbe Acts 20:19 - by the Acts 23:21 - for Acts 26:17 - Delivering Romans 15:19 - so that 2 Corinthians 12:2 - above 2 Timothy 1:12 - the which
Cross-References
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
Now the Angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert-the spring along the road to Shur.
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out, destroying them completely and settling in their place, just as Israel did in the land the LORD gave them as their possession.)
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They were ware of it,.... They understood it, were apprised of it, and well weighed it, and considered it in their minds, and what was best to be done at this juncture:
and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia; according to the orders and command of Christ, Matthew 10:23 not so much to save their lives, as to spread the Gospel in other parts. Lycaonia was a province in the lesser Asia, near Phrygia, separated from it by the mountains; on the east it bordered on Galatia, and had on the west Pamphylia and Pisidia, and on the south Cilicia, unto Mount Taurus. Some say it had its name from Lycaon, the son of Pelasgus; others, seeing it was not a Greek colony, chose to fetch the name of the country from the Syrians, who used to call their neighbour's country Leikonia, or in the Greek pronunciation Lycaonia; that is, the country of Iconium, which city was the metropolis of Lycaonia i: Lystra is by Ptolomy k placed in Isauria, and so Derbe is said by Strabo l to be upon the coast of Isauria; wherefore the words may be read thus, as they are in the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, "and they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, and to Lystra, and to Derbe"; by which reading, they are not necessarily made the cities of Lycaoma: according to Jerom m, they were both cities of Lycaonia. Lystra is the same with לעשתרה, "Lehesthera"; which, in the Hebrew and Syriac languages, signifies "a flock of sheep", or "a city of flocks"; it being a place that abounded with sheep, as the country of Lycaonia in general did n. Derbe was sometimes called "Delbia", which, in the language of the Lycaonians, signifies a "juniper tree"; and Delub, and Dulbe, with the Targumist o and Talmudists p, signify a chesnut tree; and with the Arabians, "Dulb" is a plane tree, or poplar; it seems as if it had its name from one or other of those trees, which might grow in large quantities near it:
and unto the region that lieth round about; the said cities.
i Vid. Hiller. Onomasticum Sacrum, p. 870. k Geograph. l. 5. c. 4. l Ib. l. 12. m De locis Hebraicis, fol. 96. A. D. n Vid. Hiller. ib. p. 870, 871. o Targum Onkelos in Gen. xxx. 37. p T. Hieros. Cetubot, fol. 31. 4. T. Bab. Roshhashana, fol. 23. 1. & Succa, fol. 32. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They were ware of it - They were in some way informed of the excitement and of their danger.
And fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia - Lycaonia was one of the provinces of Asia Minor. It had Galatia north, Pisidia south, Cappadocia east, and Phrygia west. It was formerly within the limits of Phrygia, but was erected into a separate province by Augustus. “The district of Lycaonia extends from the ridges of Mount Taurus and the borders of Cilicia on the south, to the Cappadocian hills on the north. It is a bare and dreary region, unwatered by streams, though in parts liable to occasional inundations. Strabo mentions one place where water was even sold for money. Across some portion of this plain Paul and Barnabas traveled both before and after their residence in Iconium. After leaving the high land to the northwest, during a journey of several hours before arriving at the city, the eye ranges freely over a vast expanse of level ground to the south and the east, The two most eminent objects in the view are the snowy summits of Mount Argaeus, rising high above all the intervening hills in the direction of Armenia, and the singular mountain mass called the ‘Kara-Dagh,’ or ‘Black Mount,’ southeastward in the direction of Cilicia. And still these features continue to be conspicuous after Iconium is left behind, and the traveler moves on over the plain toward Lystra and Derbe. Mount Argaeus still rises far to the northeast, at the distance of 150 miles.
The Black Mountain is gradually approached, and discovered to be an isolated mass, with reaches of the plain extending round it like channels of the sea. The cities of Lystra and Derbe were somewhere about the bases of the Black Mountain.” The exact position of Lystra and Derbe is still subject to some uncertainty. In 1824, Col. Leake wrote thus: “Nothing can more strongly show the little progress that has hitherto been made in a knowledge of the ancient geography of Asia Minor, than that, of the cities which the journey of Paul has made so interesting to us, the site of one only (Iconium) is yet certainly known. Perga, Antioch of Pisidia, Lystra, and Derbe, remain to be discovered.” The situation of the first two of these towns has been since that fully identified, and some ruins have been found which have been supposed to mark the place of Lystra and Derbe, though not with entire certainty.
And unto the region ... - The adjacent country. Though persecuted, they still preached; and though driven from one city, they fled into another. This was the direction of the Saviour, Matthew 10:23.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 14:6. They were ware of it] They were informed of the scheme, and of the attempt that was about to be made, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe; they did not leave the province of Lycaonia, but went to other towns and cities. Lystra lay to the south and Derbe to the north of Iconium, according to the general opinion. Strabo, Geogr. lib. xii., tells us expressly, that Iconium was within Lycaonia, Thence are the Lycaonian hills plain, cold, naked, and pastures for wild asses. About these places stands Iconium, a town built in a better soil. Ptolemy also, Tab. Asiae, i. cap. 6, places Iconium in Lycaonia. How comes it, then, that St. Luke does not call Iconium a city of Lycaonia, as well as Derbe and Lystra? Pliny, Hist. Nat. lib. v. cap. 27, solves this difficulty, by stating, that there was granted a tetrarchy out of Lycaonia, on that side which borders upon Galatia, consisting of fourteen cities; the most famous of which is Iconium. See Lightfoot.
