...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...

...miraculously healed a man who had been lame from his birth, the people adored them as deities ; for they 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." (Acts,...

...mistook Paul and Barnabas for their gods, Acts xiv. 1 1, and were about to sacrifice to them. They said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men ; and they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercurius." What is the Arian doctrine on this point ?...

...deputed his power to his ambassadors as credentials, and the voice of nature spoke when the people said, " The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." Will you contradict the Scriptures, and say that the apostles were not the accredited ambassadors of...

...formed by the inhabitants of Lystra when Paul had healed the cripple at their temple-gate, and they too said, ' The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.' It was undoubtedly no god in the likeness of sinful men that had come to these shores of Melita, but...

...written by some great unknown, it tells us that the people in the language of the she-wolf (Lycaonia) said, " The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercurius, becausehe was the chief speaker ." J Paul, we...

...stronger than the strong? Did not their instincts foreshadow the idea of a Divine Incarnation ? They said, " the gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." Again ; the first rudiments of philosophy are against these necessitarian theories. We all know that...

...walked. PAUL AND BARNABAS. 200 And when the people saw what Paul had done? They lifted up their voices and 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. And were...

...31). To the same point was the Apostle's argument directed when reasoning at Lystra with those who said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men," and who "would have done sacrifice with the people;" for "Sirs," said they, "why do ye these things...

...walking and leaping for joy. They knew that no man could do such a thing by his own power, so they said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." I told you just now that these Lystrians worshipped a god called Jupiter, and there was a temple of...