Acts 14:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,”
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“they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:”
King James Version · Public Domain“they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“they having become aware, did flee to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 14:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 6:8Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
- Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
- Acts 14:20But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
- Acts 16:1Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
- Acts 17:13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
- Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
- 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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