Acts 14:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “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.

Acts 14:11 Cross References

Acts 28:6

They were expecting him to swell up or drop dead, but after they had waited a long time and saw that nothing unusual had happened to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.

Acts 8:10

All of them, from the least to the greatest, listened to him eagerly, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.”

Acts 12:22

The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a mortal!”

Ezekiel 3:5

For you are not sent to a people of obscure speech and difficult language but to the house of Israel,

Acts 14:6

the apostles learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region,

Acts 14:12

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.