...When the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, and, in the Lycaonian dialect, said, "The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." And 12 they called Barnabas, Jupiter: and Paul, Mercury; because he 13 was the chief speaker. And the...

...39. P L. 5. ep. 20. et ult. '1 HN 1. 5. §. 25. healed a man lame from his mother's womb, the people said, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men : and called Barnabas, Jupiter ; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker*. It was a common...

...с»«i«»»«- HAMPTON COURT. THE SACRIFICE AT LYSTRA. Paul and Barnabas having left Antioch went through various towns, where they preached the Gospel. Being...the people were amazed at such a miracle , and said : i The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. ' They called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul,...

...otherwise the inhabitants, who were idolaters, and, of course, hostile to Christianity, would not have said, "the Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men;" nor would the priest of Jupiter have brought oxen and garlands to the gates ; nor would he have been...

...otherwise the inhahitants, who were idolaters, and, of course, hostile to Christianity, would not have said, "the Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men;" nor would the priest of Jupiter have brought oxen and garlands to the gates ; nor would he have heen...

...they concluded, that they were now themselves honoured by such a visit. " They lifted up their voices and said, ' The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.' And they called Barnabas, Zeus, or Jupiter; and Paul, because he was the chief speaker, they called...

...inadmissible. In like manner, when the people of Lystra, full of amazement at the healing of a cripple, said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter ; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Then the...

...to the test when the people of Lycaonia, in their excitement at the miracle which had been wrought, said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." The people invested the missionaries with the attributes of Divinity. With feelings of pity and indignation...

...to view them much as the dwellers in Lystra did Paul and Barnabas, when they lifted up their voices and said, — "The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." But let us look, for a moment, at facts in the case. Seamen, on shipboard, are under such despotic...

...inadmissible. In like manner, when the people of Lystra, full of amazement at the healing of a cripple, said, "The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Then the...