| Jehovah - 1873 - 528 pages
...to Neptune, and that of the infernal regions to Pluto. When St. Paul healed the cripple, the people 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... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1874 - 574 pages
...people saw this great work, they could scarcely be prevented from offering sacrifice to them ; for they said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." But some wicked Jews from Iconium and Antioch stirred up the people against Paul, and stoned him, leaving... | |
| Samuel Martin - 1878 - 304 pages
...miracles check close sympathy. Thus, when the people of Lycaonia saw the miracle which Paul wrought, they said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men " (Acts xiv. 11). If a prince visit the widow and fatherless he does not go in princely robes and with... | |
| Peter Thomas Ouvry - 1882 - 358 pages
...find Paul and Barnabas earnestly checking the same spirit of undue reverence. At Lystra the people said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men," and they prepared to offer sacrifice to the Apostles. But they were greatly grieved, and ran in among... | |
| Hiram Erastus Butler - 1892 - 486 pages
...Barnabas had great difficulty in dissuading the people of Lysira. from doing sacrifice uiuo lham. for thev said "The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.' Art*, xiv. 11. The beloved disciple came near committing the same sin •• Ami 1 John saw these things... | |
| 1891 - 688 pages
...and the power of God was manifested through them among the unprepared heathen, confusion began. They said: " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Murcurius, because he was the chief speaker," so that with... | |
| Thomas Wharton Phillips - 1905 - 350 pages
...and at Lystra Paul healed a man who had been lame from his birth, "which, when the people saw, 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." Then the... | |
| Thomas Wharton Phillips - 1905 - 354 pages
...and at Lystra Paul healed a man who had been lame from his birth, "which, when the people saw, 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." Then the... | |
| James Hall Brookes - 1816 - 318 pages
...Barnabas were at Lystra, the inhabitants of that city, amazed by a miracle wrought upon a cripple, said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men," and pre' pared to offer sacrifices to the strangers ; " which, when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul,... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1999 - 524 pages
...(Psalms 42:1). 5 Lycaonians at Paul] The people of Lycaonia, being amazed when St Paul healed a cripple, said: "The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men" (Acts 14:11). The speaker was a man named Jack Stagg, with whom Jude had formerly worked in repairing... | |
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