they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,
They went together into the synagogue, testifying their unanimity; the banishment of confessors scatters the seed of the church. Let not those of any denomination suffer for others' faults, do good to those who have done evil to you, seeking their salvation even when they have used you barbarously.
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Commenting on Acts 14:1-7
They understood the danger and weighed what was best to do. They fled to Lystra and Derbe not chiefly to save their own lives, but to obey Christ's command and spread the Gospel in other regions. Lycaonia lay between Phrygia and Galatia, a distinct province where the apostles could still labor.
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They learned of the excitement against them and fled to safety. Though persecuted and driven from one city, they went to another, Lystra and Derbe in Lycaonia, and kept preaching. The Saviour had ordered them to do exactly this when threatened in one place.
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