Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 14:13
The priest of Jupiter — Whose temple and image were just without the gate of the city, brought garlands — To put on the victims, and bulls — The usual offerings to Jupiter.
The priest of Jupiter — Whose temple and image were just without the gate of the city, brought garlands — To put on the victims, and bulls — The usual offerings to Jupiter.
ACTS 14:13 The reading of codex Bezae, oi` de. i`erei/j tou/ o;ntoj Dio.j pro. po,lewj … h;qelon evpiqu,ein (“But the priests of the local Zeus-before-the-city,” i.e. the Zeus whose temple was in fro...
Verse Acts 14:13. _THEN THE PRIEST OF JUPITER, WHICH WAS BEFORE THEIR_ _city_] There is a meaning here, which ordinary readers will not readily apprehend. Many cities were put under the protection of...
THEN THE PRIEST OF JUPITER - He whose office it was to conduct the worship of Jupiter by offering sacrifices, etc. WHICH WAS BEFORE THEIR CITY - The word “which” here refers not to the priest, but to...
CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts 14:1)._ 2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7). 3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Act...
LYSTRA. Lystra, 25 miles SW. of Iconium, 10 miles off the trade route, in a secluded glen. Lystra and Derbe were the two cities of the Lycaonian region of Galatia; Roman influence was strong there, an...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
There was a man who sat in Lystra who had no power in his feet. He had been a cripple from his birth and he had never walked. He was in the habit of listening to Paul speaking. Paul fixed his gaze on...
WHICH, i.e. whose temple. OXEN AND GARLANDS. garlanded oxen. Figure of speech _Hendiadys._ App-6. UNTO. Greek. _epi._ App-104. WOULD HAVE, &C.. were desiring (Greek. _ethelo._ App-102.) to sacrific...
_the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city_ i.e. "whose temple was before their city." He was their tutelar divinity, and it was to his priest that the people ran with their cry, and brought...
αὐτῶν after ΠΌΛΕΩΣ omitted with אABCDE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 13. Ὅ ΤΕ ἹΕΡΕῪΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΔΙῸΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ὌΝΤΟΣ ΠΡῸ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΌΛΕΩΣ, _the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city_, i.e. ‘whose temple was b...
CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS GODS....
_PAUL AND BARNABAS IN LYSTRA ACTS 14:8-17:_ At Lystra the apostles healed a lame man. He had never walked. This miracle was very much like the one in Acts 3:1-26. The man listened to the preaching. As...
ΌΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ, _см._ Acts 14:4. ΤΑΫΡΟΣ (G5022) бык, вол. Бык был жертвенным животным во многих культах, это была дорогая жертва (Gill & Winter, "Acts and Roman Religion" BAFCS, 2:...
THEN THE PRIEST OF JUPITER,— This might be rendered more exactly, _then the priest of Jupiter,_ that is to say, _of the image of Jupiter, before the city gate._ It was customary to build temples to th...
IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20. a. General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....
13. The people felt the warmest gratitude for the visit of their supposed gods, and gave expression to their feeling in the most approved method. (13) "_Then the priest of the Jupiter that was before...
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. THEN THE PRIEST OF [THE IMAGE OF] JUPITER, WHICH W...
6 Lystra seems to be the first place Paul preached without first proclaiming to the Jews in the synagogue, for it seems that there were not enough Jews to have a place of worship. Hence this is the fi...
14:13 was (c-7) 'Who was' is equivalent to 'which was,' referring to the temple of Jupiter....
WHICH WAS BEFORE THEIR CITY] i.e. whose temple was before the city. Unto the gates] or 'porches.' It is difficult to decide where the sacrifice took place, whether at the porch of the apostles' house,...
FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are wrought in confirmatio...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM, 14:1-7 V1 What happened in Pisidian Antioch also happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the *synagogue...
THE PRIEST OF JUPITER, WHICH WAS BEFORE THEIR CITY. — The latter clause probably describes the position of the Temple of Zeus, standing at the entrance of the city, as the shrine of its protecting dei...
ὁ δὲ ἱερεὺς. Plural in; strongly rejected by Blass, with other details. Ramsay defends (p. 118), and points out that at each of the great temples in Asia Minor a college of priests would be in regular...
VARYING TREATMENT OF THE MESSAGE Acts 14:1-13 From Antioch the Apostles passed to Iconium, the capital of Lycaonia. It is most illuminating to note the source of their success: _The Lord bore witness...
In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...
Idolatry Confronted at Lystra Paul and Barnabas next arrived at Lystra, some 18 miles to the east. There was apparently no synagogue there, but there was a man who had been crippled since birth and ha...
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the (d) gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. (d) Of the house where Paul and Barnabas were....
PAUL AND BARNABAS ARE TAKEN FOR GRECIAN GODS 11-18. All nations at the time of our Savior's advent were on tiptoe expecting a divine messenger from heaven to teach them the way of salvation. Hence the...
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. (12) And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
− 13._Also Jupiter’s priest. _Though Luke doth not express with what affection he [this priest] was moved to be so diligent, yet it is to be thought, that, forasmuch as there was great hope of most pl...
Their missionary labours continue in Iconium with the same opposition from the Jews who, incapable themselves of the work, stir up the Gentiles against those who are performing it. As long as it was o...
THEN THE PRIEST OF JUPITER, WHICH WAS BEFORE THEIR CITY,.... Not that the priest was before the city, but Jupiter; and the phrase denotes either his presidency over the city, and so the Arabic version...
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. Ver. 13. _And would have done sacrifice_] So the sava...
_Then the priest of Jupiter_ Who was esteemed the tutelar deity of that place, and whose statue stood just without the gate; _brought oxen_, or _bulls_ rather, _and garlands_ To put on the victims; th...
BEFORE THEIR CITY; in front of their city was a temple dedicated to Jupiter. GARLANDS; wreaths of flowers, with which they decorated the victims to be offered in sacrifice....
THEN THE PRIEST OF JUPITER, WHICH WAS BEFORE THEIR CITY, BROUGHT OXEN AND GARLANDS UNTO THE GATES AND WOULD HAVE DONE SACRIFICE WITH THE PEOPLE. Since there was apparently no synagogue at Lystra, Paul...
A miracle and its effect upon the people:...
Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gosp...
THEN THE PRIEST OF ZEUS, WHOSE TEMPLE WAS IN FRONT OF THEIR CITY, BROUGHT OXEN AND GARLANDS TO THE GATES, INTENDING TO SACRIFICE WITH THE MULTITUDES. 1. Even the priest of Zeus brought animals ready...
The people were so dead serious they even were intent on treating Paul and Barnabas as gods to the point of worshipping them. Garlands were wreaths of flowers that were draped over the horns of the sa...
8-18 All things are possible to those that believe. When we have faith, that most precious gift of God, we shall be delivered from the spiritual helplessness in which we were born, and from the domin...
BEFORE THEIR CITY; the temple of Jupiter, whom they took for the patron of their city, was in the suburbs. GARLANDS; these were usually in the form of crowns put upon the oxen which they intended to s...
13. The people felt the warmest gratitude for the visit of their supposed gods, and gave expression to their feeling in the most approved method. (13) " Then the priest of the Jupiter that was before...
Acts 14:13 Then G1161 priest G2409 Zeus G2203 whose G3588 was G5607 (G5752) front G4253 their G846 city...
THE MINISTRY AT LYSTRA (14:8-20A). A description is now given of the rather colourful events that occurred during their ministry in Lystra. These are on top of the fact that they proclaimed the Good N...
‘And the priest of Zeus whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.' The priest of Zeus seized the opportunity presente...
Acts 14:13. THEN THE PRIEST OF JUPITER, WHICH WAS BEFORE THEIR CITY. The temple of Jupiter stood at the entrance of Lystra, and the explanation of the words, ‘of Jupiter which was before their city,'...
WHOSE TEMPLE WAS BEFORE THE CITY (του οντος προ της πωλεως). The god (Zeus) is identified with his temple. He had a statue and temple there.OXEN AND GARLANDS (ταυρους κα στεμματα). Probably garla...
CONTENTS: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupit...
Acts 14:1. _It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the jews._ St. Luke makes here a great leap, and is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This great...
WHEN THE CROWDS SAW. The people of Lystra were heathen who believed in many _gods._ Their tradition said the _gods_ often came down in the form of men, and intervened in human affairs. Zeus. The chief...
_And it came to pass in Iconium._ ICONIUM A considerable city of Asia Minor, generally considered as belonging to Lycaonia. It lay in a fertile plain at the foot of Taurus, on the great line of commu...
_And there sat a certain man at Lystra._ PAUL AND BARNABAS IN LYSTRA I. The incident. 1. The case of the cripple resembles that of the man at the gate Beautiful; and a particular statement of it is...
_The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men._ THE THEOLOGY OF HEATHENDOM In the words and acts of these heathen Lystrians, there comes out the native theology of human hearts everywhere an...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:11 THE GODS HAVE COME DOWN TO US IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN. Since the people were speaking in their native LYCAONIAN language, Paul and Barnabas were probably unaware of what was hap...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:8 Lystra was populated mainly by Gentiles and had no synagogue. The ministry of Paul and Barnabas there centered around the healing of a lame man. ⇐...
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:8_ Paul and Barnabas at Lystra; or, the Gospel among Barbarians I. THE MIRACLE AT LYSTRA.— 1. The _subject_. “A certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his...
EXPOSITION ACTS 14:1 _Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and _for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found attending the s...
Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey. Th...
Acts 10:25; Daniel 2:46...
Of Jupiter [τ ο υ δ ι ο ς]. Properly, the Jupiter, the tutelary deity of Lystra. It is unnecessary to supply temple, as Rev. The God himself was regarded as present in his temple. The gates [π υ λ ω...
PREACHING BY THE WAY Acts 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open the 14th chapter of Acts, we find Paul and Barnabas still traveling together and entering into Iconium. It is our purpose today to cover...
Observe, 1. How far Paganish superstition did transport and carry these men: they come to the gates of the house where the apostles had lodged, and bring oxen with them, trimmed with garlands of flowe...