Acts 14:12
“And they called Barnabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because hee was the chiefe speaker.”
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Acts 14:12 Context
10Said with a lowd voice, Stand vpright on thy feete; And he leaped and walked. 11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lift vp their voyces, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come downe to vs in the likenesse of men. 12And they called Barnabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because hee was the chiefe speaker. 13Then the priest of Iupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen, and garlands vnto the gates, and would haue done sacrifice with the people. 14Which when the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ranne in among the people, crying out,
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Other Translations for Acts 14:12
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
- King James Version
And they {began} calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.
- Basic English Bible
And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury, because he took the lead in speaking.
- Darby Bible
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
- Webster's Bible
They called Barnabas `Zeus,' and Paul, as being the principal speaker, `Hermes.'
- Weymouth Bible
They called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief speaker.
- World English Bible
And the preest of Jubiter that was bifor the citee, brouyte boolis and crownes bifor the yatis, with puplis, and wolde haue maad sacrifice.
- Wycliffe Bible
they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Acts 14:12
Ac 14:12 Called Barnabas, Jupiter. The chief of the gods in the Greek and Roman Pantheon. Barnabas was no doubt a more stately man than Paul, who says that his own "bodily presence was weak and speech contemptible" (2Co 10:10), and there was also a reason why they thought Paul, Mercurius. Mercury was the "interpreter of the gods". His Greek name, "Hermes", is the origin of our word "Hermeneutics". Paul, eloquent, persuasive, active, was thought to represent the part of Mercury.