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Acts 14:6

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

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ASV

they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:

KJV

They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
συνιδόντεςsunidonteshaving become awareG4894 →
κατέφυγονkatephugonthey fledG2703 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
πόλειςpoleiscitiesG4172 →
τῆςtēs<the>G3588 →
Λυκαονίας,Lukaoniasof Lycaonia,G3071 →
ΛύστρανLustranLystraG3082 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ΔέρβηνDerbēnDerbeG1191 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
περίχωρον,perichōronsurrounding region,G4066 →

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Acts 15:36Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”Acts 20:4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.Acts 16:1Paul 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.2 Timothy 3:11my 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 14:20–21But 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.Matthew 10:23When 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.2 Corinthians 12:2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.Acts 17:13–14But 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.Acts 16:1–2Paul 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 14:20But 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.Acts 14:21They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.Acts 23:12–22When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.2 Kings 6:8–12Now 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.”Romans 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.1 Samuel 23:9When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

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