Acts 14:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ And when the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the dialect of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in human form.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, shouting in the Lycaonian language, The gods have come down to us in human form!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Seeing what Paul had done, the crowd shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have taken human form and come down to visit us!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And they called Barnabas, 'Jupiter,' yet truly they called Paul, 'Mercury,' because he was the lead speaker.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury; because he was chief speaker.

Acts 14:11 Cross References

Acts 12:22

The people began shouting, “His is the voice of a god and not a man.”

Acts 14:12

So, they called Barnabas, “Zeus,” and Paul “Hermes,” because Paul was the principal speaker.

Acts 14:6

Paul and Barnabas found out about it and escaped to the towns of Lystra and Derbe, in the province of Lycaonia, and elsewhere in the vicinity.

Acts 28:6

But the natives expected him to swell up [from snake bite] or fall dead suddenly, but after expecting this for a long time and not seeing any harm come to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

Acts 8:10

Everyone, from the least to the greatest [in importance], was being impressed by him. They were saying, “This man is being called Great [and has] power from God.”