And fled; the apostles did not flee so much to save their lives, as to husband their time best for the glory of God in other places; and this they were commanded to do, Mat_10:23,
When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another. Lystra and Derbe; these were cities further in the country of Lycaonia than Iconium was.
Lycaonia; a part of the Lesser Asia, nigh unto the mountain Taurus.