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Acts 14:4

First Nations Version

But the people of Spirit Village (Iconium) were split apart. Some stood with the Tribal Members and some with the message bearers.

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Some were convinced by his words, but others refused to believe.


But some, who were stubborn, with hearts like stone, refused to believe and spoke evil of the Way to all who gathered there. So Small Man (Paul) left there, taking with him the new followers. He went to the teaching lodge of Harsh Ruler (Tyrannus) to teach there.


When the two message bearers heard what was happening, in humble desperation they tore their clothes and rushed out to the center of the crowd.


Do we not have the right to travel with a wife, as do the other message bearers, such as the brothers of our Honored Chief and Stands on the Rock (Cephas)?


They were performing their ceremonies to Creator and going without food when the Holy Spirit spoke to them, “Set apart Son of Comfort (Barnabas) and Man Who Questions (Saul), so they can do what I have chosen them to do.”


So the people could not agree about him.


So Creator Hears (Simeon) spoke blessing words over them also. He then turned to Bitter Tears (Mary) and spoke softly in her ear. “This child has been chosen for the fall and rising of many in the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel). He will be a sign that will be spoken against,


But the local Tribal Members became jealous when they saw how large the crowd was. They spoke lies against Small Man (Paul) and argued against everything he said. But both Small Man (Paul) and Son of Comfort (Barnabas) stood up to them.


But the Tribal Members stirred up the spiritual leaders, both the women and men, against Small Man (Paul) and Son of Comfort (Barnabas) and forced them out of that area.


But the Tribal Members who did not believe poisoned the minds of the people from Outside Nations and turned them against their new family members.


But when the message bearers heard that some of the Tribal Members and Outsiders, along with their rulers, were planning to harm them and even stone them to death, they fled for safety. They went to the villages of She Wolf (Lycaonia), Set Free (Lystra), Hide Tanner (Derbe), and their surrounding territories.


But some Tribal Members from Stands Against (Antioch) and Spirit Village (Iconium) came and caused people to listen to their lies and turned them against Small Man (Paul). They threw stones at him and dragged him outside the village, thinking he was dead.


You, my spiritual relatives, have followed in the footsteps of Creator’s sacred families who gather in Land of Promise (Judea), who are also joined together in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. For you have suffered mistreatment at the hands of your people, just as they did from their own Tribal Members.





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