Acts 14:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, because he was the chief speaker, they called Hermes.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² They called Barnabas Zeus, and they called Paul, because he led in the discourse, Hermes [god of speech].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.

Common English Bible

¹² They referred to Barnabas as Zeus and to Paul as Hermes, since Paul was the main speaker.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Also, the priest of Jupiter, who was outside the city, in front of the gate, bringing in oxen and garlands, was willing to offer sacrifice with the people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² The priest also of Jupiter that was before the city, bringing oxen and garlands before the gate, would have offered sacrifice with the people.

Acts 14:12 Cross References

Acts 14:11

And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

Acts 14:13

And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the people.

Acts 19:35

And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?