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Acts 14:12

Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Tenth

After he had spoken with me he rose up from the couch, and taking the Shepherd and the virgins, he departed. But he said to me that he would send back the Shepherd and the virgins to my dwelling. Amen.[9]

Acts of Sharbil

Abgar the king also, who was older than this Abgar, who himself worshippeth idols as well as thou, he too believed in the King Christ, the Son of Him whom thou callest Lord of all the gods.[12]

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See also Acts 14:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 14:12. _THEY CALLED BARNABAS, JUPITER; AND PAUL, MERCURIUS_] The heathens supposed that _Jupiter_ and _Mercury_ were the gods who most frequently assumed the human form; and Jupiter was ac...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THEY CALLED BARNABAS, JUPITER - Jupiter was the most powerful of all the gods of the ancients. He was represented as the son of Saturn and Ops, and was educated in a cave on Mount Ida, in the isla...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JUPITER. Greek. _Zeua._ The father of the gods. MERCURIUS. Greek. _Hermes._ The messenger of the gods. CHIEF SPEAKER. Literally the leader of the word (Greek. _logos._ App-121.), or message....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius_ Of course this was not known until afterwards, and St Luke in his narrative, as a Greek, gives the Greek names of the gods, _Zeus_and _Hermes_....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΚΆΛΟΥΝ ΤΕ ΤῸΝ ΒΑΡΝΆΒΑΝ ΔΊΑ, ΤῸΝ ΔῈ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΝ ἙΡΜΗ͂Ν, _and they called Barnabas, Jupiter_ [Zeus]; _and Paul, Mercurius_ [Hermes]. Of course this was not known until afterwards. We can understand how the...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    CURE OF A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA. THE HEATHEN PEOPLE REGARD THE APOSTLES AS GODS....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΚΆΛΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать, именовать. ΔΊΑ (G2203) _асс._ Зевса. Это был самый почитаемый в Галатии бог, которого часто связывали с Гермесом (Hansen, "Galatia" BAFCS, 2:393; BAS...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEY CALLED BARNABAS, JUPITER, &C.— The heathens represented _Jupiter_ as an old but vigorous man, of a noble and majestic aspect, and large robust make, which probably might be the form of _Barnabas;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IN LYSTRA. Acts 14:6 b - Acts 14:20. a. General statement. Acts 14:6 b, Acts 14:7....

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes one verse 8...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. AND THEY CALLED BARNABAS, JUPITER - the father of the gods, (as Chrysostom thinks) from his commanding mie...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The majestic appearance of Barnabas caused him to be identified with the chief god (Zeus) corresponding to the Roman Jupiter. The insignificant stature of Paul (2 Corinthians 10:10), and his gift of e...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEY CALLED BARNABAS, JUPITER; AND PAUL, MERCURIUS. — St. Luke gives, as was natural, the Greek forms — Zeus and Hermes. The main reason for the assignment of the two names was that the listeners reco...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἐκὰλουν, see above on Acts 14:11. τὸν μὲν Β. Δία. τὸν δὲ Π. Ἑρμῆν. The relative estimate of the Lycaonians was strikingly in accordance with Oriental notions Barnabas, the more silent and passive, is...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Garlands. These might be for the victims, as they generally were crowned, or had gilded horns. Victima labe carens, præstantissima forma,_ Sistitur ante aras, _vittis præsignis et auro. ---Ovid._ -...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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;...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THEY CALLED BARNABAS JUPITER,.... The supreme God; it may be because that Barnabas was the oldest man, of the tallest stature, and largest bulk, and made the best figure; whereas Paul was younger,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Ver. 12. _He was the chief speaker_] Gr. ηγουμενος του λογου, a master of speech. Paul was another Pericles,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And when the people_ Who were present when this wonderful cure was wrought; _saw what Paul had done_ By merely speaking a word, being all in raptures of astonishment; _they lifted up their voices_ In...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    JUPITER; considered by the Greeks and Romans as the greatest of their gods. MERCURIUS; regarded as the god of eloquence....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND THEY CALLED BARNABAS, JUPITER; AND PAUL, MERCURIUS, BECAUSE HE WAS THE CHIEF SPEAKER....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A miracle and its effect upon the people:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    AND BARNABAS THEY CALLED ZEUS, AND PAUL, HERMES, BECAUSE HE WAS THE CHIEF SPEAKER. 1. Zeus (or Jupiter) - Zeus is the Greek god, Jupiter was the Roman god. Both are known as the god of helps. How fi...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "They began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes" Luke gives the Greek names for these gods; Zeus was also known as Jupiter who was viewed as the most powerful of all the gods of the ancients. Her...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JUPITER; whom the heathens took for their chief God. MERCURY was feigned to be the messenger of their gods, and therefore represented with wings; as also the interpreter of the gods, which caused thei...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 14:12 And G5037 Barnabas G921 G3303 called G2564 (G5707) Zeus G2203 and G1161 Paul G3972 Hermes...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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.” And they called Barnabas, Zeus, and...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 14:12. AND THEY CALLED BARNABAS, JUPITER; AND PAUL, MERCURIUS. Barnabas they imagined to be Jupiter (Zeus), most likely from his older and more venerable appearance; while the less imposing figur...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THEY CALLED (εκαλουν). Inchoative imperfect began to call.BARNABAS, JUPITER (τον Βαρναβαν Δια). Because Barnabas was the older and the more imposing in appearance. Paul admits that he was not imp...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    JUPITER Latin for Greek "Zeus", the national god of the Greeks. MERCURIUS Greek "Hermes"....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 19:35...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury. The Greek names of these deities were Zeus and Hermes. As the herald of the gods, Mercury is the God of skill in the use of speech and of eloquence in general, for...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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