Acts 14:21

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“They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,”

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BSBPD

“They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 14:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
  2. Acts 13:14And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
  3. Acts 13:51So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
  4. Acts 14:1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
  5. Acts 14:6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
  6. Acts 14:8In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
  7. Acts 14:19Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
  8. Acts 15:36Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
  9. Acts 16:2The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
  10. 2 Timothy 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

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