Luke’s phrase “the disciples” has been rendered as the believers; the reference is to the Christians in Antioch. The fact that Paul was able to get up and go back into the town, and the next day go to Derbe, suggests that Luke intended this to be read as a miraculous event.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .