Welcome to the NECKED Bible Podcast Episode 50 at Sport Team.

I'm Gullayman, Trace Strickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heiser.

How are you doing this week?

Very good. How are you?

I'm doing great. I'm ready for Acts 14.

Sweet.

All right. Well, let's jump in to Acts 14.

I'm going to basically read about up through verse 18.

So roughly, I guess, half the passage, something like that.

And then we'll, there are two things I want to talk about in that section.

Then we'll finish up with something else.

So Acts 14, starting in verse 1, we read,

now at Iconium, they entered into the Jewish synagogue.

They, of course, are Paul and Barnabas picking up from chapter 13.

They entered into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

So again, now we're, we have Gentiles, full Gentiles present, but the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

So they remained for a long time speaking boldly for the Lord who bore witness to the word of his grace,

granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

But the people of the city were divided, some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.

When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews with their rulers to mistreat them and to stone them,

they learned of it and fled to Listera and Derby, cities of Laeconia to the surrounding country.

And there they continued to preach the gospel.

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