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PREACHING IN LYSTRA (6-7)

Paul and Barnabas, learning of the plot against them, flee to Lystra and Derbe and preach there
and in the surrounding area.

Act 14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the
region that lieth round about:

The word about the plot to stone them comes to Paul and Barnabas through either the Holy
Spirit or through the converts they have made in the city. Paul and Barnabas flee to Lystra and
Derbe, the other two cities of Galatia. They arrive in Lystra first.

Act 14:7 And there they preached the gospel.

Signs and wonders again accompany the preaching of the gospel. Paul is spared from
persecution in Antioch and Iconium. He will be raised out of it in Lystra (2 Timothy 3:12).

Lyconia is a desert area with rugged mountains, and is one of the most desolate areas in the
world.

HEALING OF THE CRIPPLE (8-10)

There is a man in Lystra who has never walked because he is crippled. Paul sees faith in this
man and commands him to stand. The man responds and the people witness his healing.

Act 14:8 And there sat a certain man At Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his
mother's womb, who never had walked:

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent (totally helpless) in his feet, being a cripple
from his mother’s womb, who had never walked:

The man mentioned in this verse has been a liability on the city of Lystra since his birth. He is
well known because for years others have carried him from place to place.

Act 14:9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had
faith to be healed,

The man receives faith when he hears Paul speak (Romans 10:17). While Paul is ministering,
the same Holy Spirit who gave the man faith, reveals it to Paul. The Holy Spirit works in both
Paul and the crippled man to bring about his healing.

Act 14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

Lystra did not have a synagogue, so God used this miracle to draw a crowd. In Iconium, the
miracles follow the teaching ministry (verse 3). Here the healing proceeds the Word, and a
crowd gathers as a result of the healing.