ACTS 14:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe — the disciples' gathering (periodon, coming around) provides both witness and comfort. Paul's recovery (anistēmi, stood up) and return to the city is remarkable given the intensity of the attack, suggesting either divine restoration or extraordinary human resilience. The move to Derbe represents regrouping rather than retreat.
Church Fathers on Acts 14:20
But there came, it says, certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium Acts 14:19.— Indeed children of the devil, that not in their own cities only, but also beyond them, they did these things, and as much made it their study to make an end of the preaching, as the Apostles were in earnest to establish it!— and having persuaded the multitude and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city. (e) So then, the Gentiles regarded them as gods, but these dragged him, out of the city,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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