Acts 14:6 Cross References - NSB

⁶ They knew about it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the country around them.

⁸ The king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his officers and chose a place to set up camp. ⁹ Elisha sent word to the king of Israel. He warned him not to go near that place, because the Syrians were waiting to ambush him. ¹⁰ The king of Israel warned the people who lived there. So they were on guard. This happened several times. ¹¹ The Syrian king was greatly upset over this. He called in his officers and asked them: »Show me who of us is on the side of the king of Israel?« ¹² One of his servants said: »No one is, Your Majesty. The prophet Elisha tells the king of Israel what you say even in the privacy of your own bedroom.«

²³ »When they persecute you in this city, flee to the next. I tell you; before you have gone through all the cities of Israel the Son of man will come.

²⁴ Saul learned about their plot against him. They watched the gates day and night to kill him.

²⁰ The disciples gathered around him and he stood up. They went into the city and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. ²¹ After they preached the good news to that city and taught many, they returned again to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch.

¹ Paul arrived at Derbe and Lystra where he saw a disciple named Timothy. He was the son of a Jewish woman, and his father was a Greek. ² The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

¹³ When the Jews of Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Beroea, they went there and stirred up the crowds and caused trouble. ¹⁴ The brothers immediately sent Paul to the sea. Silas and Timothy stayed at Beroea.

¹² When day arrived some of the Jews came together and united with an oath saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. ¹³ There were more than forty involved in this conspiracy. ¹⁴ They went to the chief priests and elders and said: »We have united with a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. ¹⁵ »Now therefore you, with the Sanhedrin, inform the commander that he bring him down to you tomorrow. You say you would inquire some more regarding him. We are ready to put him to death before he comes near.« ¹⁶ Hearing about the ambush, Paul’s sister’s son entered the barracks and reported to Paul. ¹⁷ Paul called one of the centurions and said: »Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.« ¹⁸ The officer took him to the commander, and said: »The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to say to you.« ¹⁹ The commander took him by the hand and led him off by himself, and asked: »What do you have to tell me?« ²⁰ He said: »The Jewish authorities have agreed to ask you tomorrow to take Paul down to the Council. They want you to pretend the Council wants to get more accurate information about him. ²¹ »Do not give in to them. There are more than forty men lying in wait for him. They are united with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready and looking for a promise from you.« ²² So the commander sent the young man away commanding, »Tell no one that you have told these things to me.«

¹¹ and also persecutions and sufferings. The things that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. Out of them the Lord delivered me.