Acts 14:11

and the crowd, seeing what Paul had done, called out in the Lycaonian language, “The Gods have come down to us in human form.”

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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.

In Context

10said loudly, “Stand upright on your feet.” The man leaped up, and began walking about,

12So they called Barnabas ‘Zeus,’ and Paul ‘Hermes,’ because he took the lead in speaking;

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Cross References

Acts 12:22The people kept shouting, “It is the voice of God, and not of a person!”

Matthew Henry on Acts 14:9-19

The Lame Man Healed at Lystra; Paul and Barnabas at Lystra. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 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… Read the whole commentary →

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