The commentaries of M. John Calvin upon the Acts of the Apostles, faithfully translated…The commentaries of M. Iohn Caluin vpon the Actes of the Apostles, faithfully translated…

5 And when there was an assault made of the Gentiles & Jews together with their rulers, to do them violence, and to stone them: 9 When they knew the matter, they fled into cities of Lycaonia, to Lystra and Derbe, & to the country lying nigh there about on every side: 7 And there they preached the Gospel: 8 And there sate a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, who had bin lame from his mothers womb, neither had he ever walked. 9 This man heard Paul speak: who beholding him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed. 10 Said with a loud voice, Arise upright upon thy feet. And he leapt up and walked.

5 And when there was an assault made of the Gentiles & Iewes together with their rulers, to doe them violence, and to stone them: 9 When they knewe the matter, they fled into cities of Lycaonia, to Lystra and Derbe, & to the countrie lying nigh there about on euery side: 7 And there they preached the Gospel: 8 And there sate a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, who had bin lame from his mothers wombe, neither had he euer walked. 9 This man heard Paul speak: who beholding him, and seeing that he had faith to be healed. 10 Said with a loud voice, Arise vpright vpon thy feet. And he lept vp and walked.

5 Mark how far forth the holy champions of Christ did suffer. They give not back when their enemies do only set themselves against them: but when the sedition waxeth hot, and they be in danger of stoning: though they have many favourers of their doctrine, they go no further: but remembering the saying of Christ, wherein he warneth the faithful in patience to possess their souls, they avoid the fury of the enemy. And though they fly-least they throw themselves headlong into death: yet their constancy in preaching the gospel, doeth sufficiently declare that they feared not danger. For Luke saith that they preached the gospel in other places also. This is the right kind of fear when the servants of Christ do not run wilfully into the hands of their enemies, of them to be murdered, and yet they do not forslow their duty: neither doth fear hinder them from obeying God when he calleth: and so consequently they can afford if need be to go even through death it self to do their duty.