◄ Acts 14:12 {11} ►
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Good News Translation
They gave Barnabas the name Zeus, and Paul the name Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

New Revised Standard Version
Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

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

New American Bible
They called Barnabas “Zeus” and Paul “Hermes,” because he was the chief speaker.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury: because he was chief speaker.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury: because he was chief speaker.

Jupiter.

Acts 19:35 And when the town clerk had appeased the multitudes, he said: Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Diana and of Jupiter's offspring?

Context
The Visit to Lystra and Derbe
…11And when the multitudes had seen what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice in the Lycaonian tongue, saying: The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury: because he was chief speaker. 13The priest also of Jupiter that was before the city, bringing oxen and garlands before the gate, would have offered sacrifice with the people.…
Cross References
Acts 14:11
And when the multitudes had seen what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice in the Lycaonian tongue, saying: The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

Acts 14:13
The priest also of Jupiter that was before the city, bringing oxen and garlands before the gate, would have offered sacrifice with the people.

Acts 19:35
And when the town clerk had appeased the multitudes, he said: Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Diana and of Jupiter's offspring?

Acts 14:11
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