Iconium. From Antioch to Iconium was a journey of about thirty hours, mostly on a new Roman road. It was the frontier city of Phrygia, but was now incorporated in the Roman province of Galatia. Its magistrates are local, not Roman.
Acts 14:1. The mission proceeds in Iconium just as at Antioch; the synagogue, with its mixture of elements, is the scene, and the result is the attachment to the cause of many of each nationality.
Acts 14:2. disobedient: AV unbelieving; either will do: cf. Romans 1:5, obedience of faith.
Acts 14:3. the word of his grace: cf. Acts 20:32. signs and wonders: cf. Mark 16:20.
Acts 14:4 f. Society in the town is divided. The native authorities declare against the incomers, and a hostile movement causes the apostles to leave the town. 2 Corinthians 11:25 speaks of one stoning only in Paul's experience, and it may be identified with that of Acts 14:19. They go south, cross the border into Lycaonia, and carry on their activity in Lystra and Derbe, though they know that the same thing will happen to them there. Nothing daunts them.