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Was Paul dead at Lystra?

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The chapter says what those who stoned him supposed, and what happened next: "But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead." (14:19). "But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe." (14:20). The chapter doesn't say that he died, or that he was raised, and these notes don't say either.

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“But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.”
Acts 14:19-20 · World English Bible

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Acts 14: A door of faith

At Lystra, to a crowd about to sacrifice to them, Barnabas and Paul say they "bring you good news" (14:15): the same verb as "preached the Good News" (14:7, 14:21). And back at Antioch they report "all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations" (14:27).

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