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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Interpretation
The apostles spake so plainly, with such evidence and proof of the Spirit, and with such power; so warmly, and with such concern for the souls of men; that those who heard them could not but say, God was with them of a truth.
Glossary
- Derbe Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Kerti Hüyük.
- Lycaonia Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Lycaonia.
- Lystra Place
- A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven by persecution from Iconium ( Acts 14:2-7 ). Modern identification: Tel Lystra.