Acts · Chapter 14

[ edit] Forſoþ it is don at Iconye, þat to gidere þei entriden into a ſynagoge of Jewis, and ſpaken, ſo þat a plenteuous multitude of Jewis and Greekis bileueden. Forſoþ þe Jewis þat weren vnbileueful, reiſiden perſecucioun, and to wraþþe ſtiriden þe ſoulis of heþen men aȝens breþeren. Þerfore þei dwelliden moche tyme, doynge triſtyli in þe Lord, beringe witneſſinge to þe word of his grace, ȝyuynge ſygnes and wondris for to be maad by þe hondis of hem. Forſoþe þe multitude of þe citee is departid, and ſoþeli ſumme weren wiþ Jewis, ſumme ſoþli wiþ apoſtlis.

Forſoþ whanne aſawt of heþen men and Jewis was maad, wiþ her princes, for to poniſche wiþ diſpiſingis, or fals blamyngis, and ſtoone hem, þei vndirſtondinge fledden to gidere to þe citees of Licaonye, Liſtris and Derben, and al þe cuntree inuyroun. And þei weren þere prechinge þe goſpel, and al þe multitude is moued to gidere in þe teching of hem. Poul ſoþli and Barnabas dwelten at Liſtris. And ſum man at Liſtris, ſyk in þe feet, ſaat crokid fro his modris wombe, þe which neuere hadde gon. Þis herde Poul ſpekinge; þe which biholdynge him, and ſeynge, for he hadde feiþ, þat he ſchulde be maad ſaaf, ſeide wiþ greet vois, Ryſe þou riȝt on þi feet. And he lepide, and walkide.

Forſoþ þe cumpanyes, whanne þei hadden ſeyn þat þat Poul dide, reriden her voys in Lycaon tunge, ſeiynge, Godis maad lyk to men camen doun to vs. And þei clepiden Barnabas Jouem, Poul ſoþli Mercurie, for he was ledere of þe word. And þe preſt of Jubiter, þat was bifore þe citee, bryngynge to bolis and crownes bifore þe ȝatis, wiþ peplis, wolde make ſacrifice.

Þe which þing whanne apoſtlis, Barnabas and Poul, herden, her cootis kitt to gidere, þei ſcipten out into þe cumpanyes, cryinge, and ſeiynge, Men, what don ȝe þis þing? and we ben deedly men lyk to ȝou, ſchewinge to ȝou, for to be conuertid fro þeſe veyne þingis to quyk God, þat made heuene, and erþe, and þe ſee, and alle þingis þat ben in hem; þe which in generaciouns paſſid lefte alle folkis entre into her weyes. And ſoþeli not wiþoute witneſſyng he wel doynge lefte hym ſilf, fro heuene ȝyuynge reynes and tymis beringe fruyt, fulfillinge wiþ mete and gladneſſe ȝoure hertis. And þei ſeyinge þes þingis, vnneþe ſwagiden þe cumpanyes, þat þei offriden not to hem.

Forſoþe ſumme Jewis camen out fro Antiochie and Iconye, and, þe cumpanyes ſweteli ſtirid, þei ſtoonynge Poul, drowen out of þe citee, geſſinge him for to be deed. Soþli diſciplis enuyrownynge hym, he ryſinge entride into þe citee; and þe ſuynge day he wente forþ wiþ Barnabas into Derben. And whanne þei hadden euangelyſid to þe ilke citee, and tauȝt manye, þei turneden aȝen to Liſtris, and Iconye, and Antiochie; confermynge þe ſoulis of diſciplis, and moneſting, þat þei ſchulden dwelle in feiþ, and ſeiynge, For by manye tribulaciouns it bihoueþ vs for to entre into þe kingdom of heuenes.

And whanne þei hadden ordeyned preſtis to hem by alle citees, and hadden preied wiþ faſtingis, þei bitoken hem to þe Lord, into whom þei bileuyden. And þei paſſinge Perſidie, camen to Pamphilie; and þei ſpekinge þe word of þe Lord in Pergen, camen down in to Atalie. And fro þennis þei wenten bi boot to Antiochie, fro whennis þei weren takun to þe grace of God, in to þe werk þat þei fulfilliden. Soþli whanne þei camen, and gedriden þe chirche, þei telden how manye þingis God dide wiþ hem, for he hadde opened to heþene men þe dore of feiþ. Forſoþe þei dwelliden a tyme not litil wiþ diſciplis.