And the crowd, seeing what Paul had done, called out in the Lycaonian language: "The Gods have made themselves like men and have come down to us."
The people kept shouting: "It is the voice of God, and not of a man!"
So they called Barnabas 'Zeus,' and Paul 'Hermes,' because he took the lead in speaking;
The Apostles heard of it, and took refuge in Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and in the district round,
The natives were expecting inflammation to set in, or that he would suddenly fall dead; but, after waiting for a long time, and seeing that there was nothing amiss with him, they changed their minds and said that he was a God.
Every one, high and low, paid attention to him. 'This man,' they used to say, 'must be that Power of God which men call "The Great Power."'