Acts 14: Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe

Paul and Barnabas face division in Iconium and flee. At Lystra, after they heal a lame man, the crowds try to worship them as gods, and Paul is stoned and left for dead. They strengthen the churches, appoint elders, and report back to Antioch.

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According to Acts 14:11-13, how did the crowd in Lystra react after seeing Paul heal the lame man, and what did Zeus's priest prepare to do?

The crowd was divided over the healing, and the priest publicly denounced it as a fraud worked by foreign godsThe crowd concluded the gods had appeared as men, naming Barnabas and Paul Zeus and Hermes, and the priest readied a sacrifice for themThe crowd wanted to make Paul and Barnabas their rulers, and the priest prepared a public feast to honor themThe crowd dismissed the healing as a magician's trick, and the priest ordered Paul and Barnabas out of the city