As soon as Paul and Barnabas hear what is planned they immediately tore their robes as an expression of abhorrence. "Since it was in the Lycaonian language that the people shouted out their belief that the gods had visited them, and named Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, it is understandable that the preachers did not at first understand what was happening. It dawned on them only when the priest of Zeus brought bulls and wreaths, intending to offer sacrifice to them" (Stott p. 231).

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