[Even] sayingthese things,with difficultythey restrainedthe crowdsfrom offering sacrificeto them.
The LORDsaid,"Behold,they are onepeople,and they allhave the samelanguage.And thisis what they beganto do,and nownothingwhichthey purposeto dowill be impossiblefor them.
But they said,"Standaside."Furthermore, they said,"This onecamein as an alien,and alreadyhe is actinglike a judge;nowwe will treatyou worsethanthem." So they pressedhardagainst Lotand camenearto breakthe door.
FOR THE HEARTOF THISPEOPLEHAS BECOME DULL,WITH THEIR EARSTHEY SCARCELYHEAR,AND THEY HAVE CLOSEDTHEIR EYES,OTHERWISETHEY WOULD SEEWITH THEIR EYES,HEARWITH THEIR EARS,AND UNDERSTANDWITH THEIR HEARTAND RETURN,AND I WOULD HEALTHEM.'
SoJesus,perceivingthat they were intendingto comeand take Him by forceto makeHim king,withdrewagainto the mountainby Himselfalone.
and yetHe did not leaveHimselfwithout witness,in that He did goodand gaveyou rainsfrom heavenand fruitfulseasons,satisfyingyour heartswith foodand gladness."
But Jewscamefrom Antiochand Iconium,and having won overthe crowds,they stonedPauland draggedhim out of the city,supposinghim to be dead.
