Acts 14:11-12

11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the ¹Lycaonian language, "²The gods have become like men and have come down to us."

12 And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

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Cross References 2

1. Acts 14:6
2. Acts 8:10; Acts 28:6

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lat "Jupiter", the chief pagan god
[b]. Lat "Mercury," considered the messenger or spokesman for the pagan gods of Greece and Rome
[c]. Lit "the leader of the speaking"

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