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Acts 14:6 Explained in Context

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Verse 6. 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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Role in This Section

Reports their awareness and flight to Lystra, Derbe, and surrounding region.

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  • Acts 14:1–14:7

Read Acts 14:6 with 14:1–14:7. In isolation, this contribution—reports their awareness and flight to Lystra, Derbe, and surrounding region—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Paul and Barnabas speak in the synagogue, Jews and Greeks believe, opponents stir hostility, the missionaries remain and signs confirm the grace message, and a cross-group plot drives them to Lycaonia.

Why It Needs Context

Reports their awareness and flight to Lystra, Derbe, and surrounding region. Its responsible force depends on the full sequence, speaker, narrator framing, and outcome of Acts 14:1–14:7; it is connective evidence rather than a complete standalone teaching.

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Read Acts 14:1–14:7 — Iconium divides over prolonged witness
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How certain is this explanation? strong

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.

Exact location: Acts 14:1–14:7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.

Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 14:1-14:7

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