Bible Strands
Acts 14:6
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The missionaries, facing a coordinated plot by Gentiles, Jews, and local rulers to mistreat and stone them, react to the imminent threat.
The words — συνιδόντες (sunidontes) denotes having become aware or perceiving together, and κατέφυγον (katephugon) means they fled down or took refuge.
The thread — Matthew 10:23 commands fleeing persecution from one town to the next. Acts 14:20 records Paul rising after being stoned and departing the following day, while 2 Timothy 3:11 lists persecutions endured in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra.
Why it lands — The text demands a practical response to violence: recognize the danger, relocate, and continue preaching rather than remaining to face martyrdom.
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The Greek words
King James Version
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
Cross-references
- Matthew 10:23 When 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 14:20 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.
- 2 Timothy 3:11 my 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.
- Acts 16:1 Paul 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 17:13 But 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.
- 2 Kings 6:8 Now 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.”
- Acts 9:24 but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
- Acts 23:12 When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.