Acts 14:20

"He arose" Luke has already informed us that Paul had not died, so this is not. resurrection, yet for Paul to get up, enter the city, and then travel the next day does seem to indicate some sort of miraculous healing. "His swift recovery from apparent death required something more than the recuperative powers of. clean and energetic body dominated by. courageous spirit" (Reese p. 515). Some commentators claim that Paul actually died from this stoning and was resurrected and that 2 Corinthians 12:1. when Paul was caught up into the third heaven is to be identified with this event. But Luke is clear that Paul had not died and in 2 Corinthians 12:1 ff, Paul was not sure if he was in the body or apart from the body when these events took place, yet in Acts 14:19. Paul's body does not move! "Entered the city" Here is courage. "Like Jesus, Paul remained unmoved. His steadfastness of character was upset neither by flattery nor by opposition" (Reese p. 233). "Derbe" This city was located about 20 miles to the SE. Remember during this trip, Paul will convert Timothy and his mother and grandmother to the faith (Acts 16:1 ff; 2 Timothy 3:11).