Acts 14:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The people then gave Barnabas the name Zeus, and they gave Paul the name Hermes, because he did the talking.

Cross References

Acts 14:11

When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they yelled out in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have turned into humans and have come down to us!”

Acts 14:13

The temple of Zeus was near the entrance to the city. Its priest and the crowds wanted to offer a sacrifice to Barnabas and Paul. So the priest brought some bulls and flowers to the city gates.

Acts 19:35

Finally, a town official made the crowd be quiet. Then he said: People of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that our city is the centre for worshipping the great goddess Artemis? Who doesn't know that her image which fell from heaven is here?