For you are not sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel,
Acts 14:11 - Tree of Life Version Now the crowd, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have become like men and come down to us!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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! American Standard Version (1901) And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. Common English Bible Seeing what Paul had done, the crowd shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have taken human form and come down to visit us!” Catholic Public Domain Version And they called Barnabas, 'Jupiter,' yet truly they called Paul, 'Mercury,' because he was the lead speaker. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury; because he was chief speaker. |
For you are not sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel,
And they began calling Barnabas “Zeus” and Paul “Hermes” (because he was the main speaker).
But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding countryside.
They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead—but after they waited a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and began to say he was a god.
They all were paying special attention to him, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called ‘Great.’”