Acts 14:20

There is no reason to suppose a miracle here: cp. Acts 20:10.

Having at Lystra to deal with pure heathens, and not as usual with persons influenced by Judaism, St. Paul bases his teaching upon Natural Religion. The three main truths of Natural Religion according to him are, (1) God's Unity, (2) His creative power, and, (3) His benevolence. The main difficulty to which St. Paul addresses himself is, Why then has God permitted the nations to remain so long in ignorance? and the answer is that this ignorance is only for a time (Acts 14:16); and that even in the time of ignorance God did not leave Himself entirely without witness (Acts 14:17). The whole speech should be compared with that delivered at Athens, also to a purely heathen audience (Acts 17:22).