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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
- 2 Cor 1:9–10But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
- Acts 20:1And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
- Acts 16:40And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
- Acts 14:6They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
- Rev 11:7–12And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
- Acts 20:9–12And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
- Acts 16:1Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
- Acts 12:17But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
- Acts 14:28And there they abode long time with the disciples.
- Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
- Acts 11:26And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
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