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Lystra

Facts:

Lystra is the name of a city in ancient Asia Minor which Paul visited on one of his missionary journeys. It was located in the region of Lycaonia which is now in the modern-day country of Turkey.

  • Paul and his companions escaped to Derbe and Lystra when they were threatened by the Jews in Iconium.
  • In Lystra, Paul met Timothy, who became a fellow evangelist and church planter.
  • After Paul healed a crippled man in Lystra, the people there tried to worship Paul and Barnabas as gods, but the apostles rebuked them and stopped them from doing that.

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(See also: evangelism, iconium, timothy)

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