Acts 14:12

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Acts 14:11

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!

Acts 14:13

And the priest of Zeus, whose [temple] was at the entrance of the town, brought bulls and garlands to the [city's] gates and wanted to join the people in offering sacrifice.

Acts 19:35

And when the town clerk had calmed the crowd down, he said, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the sacred stone [image of her] that fell from the sky?