But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
The disciples showed real love by gathering around him, though they were wise not to risk their lives uselessly when they could not help him. Paul's recovery and immediate return to the very city that stoned him proves God's miraculous power; he did not slink away like a worn-out soldier, but went back to confirm the young converts in the faith.
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The Jews from Antioch pursued Paul everywhere, restless to strangle the Gospel wherever it gained ground. They turned the fickle mob against him with accusations of sedition, and the people stoned him and dragged him out as dead; yet God raised him up again. See how easily carnal hearts swing from one extreme of evil to another, for want of sober consideration.
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Commenting on Acts 14:19-28
Those young converts standing over him in prayer shows their constancy in Christ despite seeing their teacher brutalized. His rising up sound and whole after such wounds and dragging through the streets is plainly miraculous; yet he had the courage to return into that same city, though the inhabitants were unworthy of such favor.
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