Acts 14:1-3
1 Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren. 3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Here we see the opposition again from the religious, but also the response from many of all backgrounds to the gospel. Still the religious poisoned the minds of the non-religious against the Christians. But Paul and Barnabas were faithful to speak, holding nothing back, and were witnesses in life and word to the grace of God. The wonderful things they did were merely added proof of the source of their message that itself contained the power to heal souls and not just the outward.
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