Consider what Paul wrote in his second letter to Timothy: “You have closely followed my teaching, my course of life,... the sort of things that happened to me in Antioch [expulsion from the city], in Iconium [the attempted pelting with stones], in Lystra [the stoning], the sort of persecutions I have borne; and yet out of them all the Lord delivered me. ” ​ — 2 Tim.
Pane tähele, mida Paulus oma teises kirjas Timoteosele kirjutas: „Sina oled hoolega mind järginud mu õpetuses, eluviisis,... kõiges, mis sai mulle osaks Antiookias [aeti linnast välja], Ikoonionis [kavatseti kividega visata], Lüstras [visati kividega], igasugustes tagakiusamistes, mida ma olen talunud; ja ometi on Issand mind neist kõigist vabastanud ”.