Whose Opinion is it Anyway? (Acts 14:11-20)
“When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them. Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas Acts 14:11, 18-20 Life comes at you quick. In vs. 11 Paul and Baranbas entered the town of Lystra and preached Jesus as was their custom. Little did they know the response they would get would result in the crowd of pagans who saw the miracle performed by Paul prompt them to practically worship them as gods. The apostles who appalled to say the least and in humility pointed the attention back to Christ as quickly as possible but to no avail by vs. 19. Literally one verse later the unbelieving...