Acts 14:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Acts 14:11

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

Acts 14:13

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifice.

Acts 19:35

But when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Citizens of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell from heaven?