Mission to Lystra and Derbe

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

AD 46

Traditional reckoning

AD 46

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

• Acts 14:6–20

Who was there, and where?

• Barnabas
• Paul

Where: Derbe, Lystra.

Which verses connect to Acts 14:6?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. Matthew 10:234 votes

   When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

2. Acts 14:20–214 votes

   But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

3. 2 Timothy 3:114 votes

   my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

4. Acts 16:1–23 votes

   Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father. The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

5. Acts 17:13–143 votes

   But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds. The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

6. 2 Kings 6:8–122 votes

   Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.” Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.” …