They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
They were ware of it, х sunidontes (G4894)] - rather, 'they reflected on,' or 'considered it' (as in Acts 12:12; that is, considered whether it were wiser to brave or to bend to this gathering storm;
And fled (according to the direction, Matthew 10:23 ) unto Lystra and Derbe - the one some 20 miles to the south, the other about 60 miles to the east of Iconium, somewhere about the bases of what is called the Black Mountain and the roots of Mount Tanrus; but their exact position has not yet been discovered.
Cities of Lycaonia - a wide district of Asia Minor, lying between Phrygia, Cilicia, and Cappadocia, "and unto the region that lieth round about:"