But 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.
- KJV Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
- NKJV However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
- NASB But while the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
- NLT But as the believers gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
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Quick answer
As the disciples gathered around him, Paul rose and reentered the city, leaving for Derbe the next day. God's preserving hand kept Paul fruitful even after a near-fatal attack.
Overview
Whether by remarkable recovery or extraordinary providence, Paul rose and courageously went back into the city that had just stoned him. His undeterred return to ministry models steadfast endurance for the gospel. Luke presents it as evidence that no opposition could halt the mission God had given him.
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- 2 Cor 6:9as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
- 2 Cor 1:9–10Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
- Acts 20:1When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
- Acts 16:40After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.
- Acts 14:6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
- Rev 11:7–12When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Acts 20:9–12And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
- 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 12:17Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
- Acts 14:28And they spent a long time there with the disciples.
- Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- Acts 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
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