Acts 14:12

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They called Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

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  • Acts 19:35 : 35 When the city clerk had calmed the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from heaven?

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  • Acts 14:13-15
    3 verses
    87%

    13The priest of Zeus, whose temple was outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates, intending to offer sacrifices with the crowds.

    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

    15They cried out, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also humans with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'

  • Acts 14:9-11
    3 verses
    84%

    9This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

    10Paul said loudly, 'Stand upright on your feet!' And the man jumped up and began to walk.

    11When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, 'The gods have come down to us in human form!'

  • Acts 13:5-8
    4 verses
    72%

    5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as their assistant.

    6When they had traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician, a false prophet, a Jew named Bar-Jesus.

    7He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, seeking to hear the word of God.

    8But Elymas the magician (for that is how his name is translated) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

  • Acts 14:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

    19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

    20But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day, he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

  • Acts 19:33-35
    3 verses
    71%

    33The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd gave instructions to him. Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted to make a defense to the assembly.

    34But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    35When the city clerk had calmed the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from heaven?

  • Acts 15:12
    70%

    12The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they narrated all the signs and wonders that God had done among the Gentiles through them.

  • Acts 17:18-23
    6 verses
    70%

    18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.

    19They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, 'May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

    20For you bring some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.

    21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

    22Paul then stood up in the middle of the Areopagus and said, 'Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

    23As I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So, you are worshiping in ignorance the very one I proclaim to you.

  • Acts 28:6
    69%

    6The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

  • Acts 19:28-29
    2 verses
    69%

    28When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

  • Acts 21:29
    68%

    29They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

  • Acts 19:37
    68%

    37For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of your goddess.

  • Acts 14:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region.

    7There they continued preaching the good news.

  • Acts 19:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25He gathered them together, along with others who worked in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that we gain a good income from this business.

    26You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods.

  • Acts 13:44
    68%

    44On the following Sabbath, almost the entire city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

  • Acts 19:11
    67%

    11God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,

  • Acts 11:22
    67%

    22News of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

  • Acts 21:19
    67%

    19After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 16:17
    67%

    17She followed Paul and us, shouting, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!'

  • Acts 13:2
    67%

    2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.'

  • Acts 8:11
    67%

    11They followed him because he had amazed them with his magic for a long time.

  • Acts 13:15
    67%

    15After the reading of the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, 'Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak.'

  • Acts 2:11-12
    2 verses
    66%

    11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!

    12They were all amazed and perplexed, asking one another, 'What does this mean?'

  • Acts 12:22
    66%

    22The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!'

  • Acts 10:46
    66%

    46for they were hearing them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter responded:

  • Acts 28:15
    66%

    15From there, the brothers and sisters, having heard about us, came as far as Appius Forum and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he gave thanks to God and was encouraged.

  • Acts 13:46
    66%

    46Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, 'It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles.'

  • Acts 19:17
    65%

    17This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus. Fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

  • Acts 14:3
    65%

    3So Paul and Barnabas stayed there for a considerable time, speaking boldly in reliance on the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.

  • Acts 14:1
    65%

    1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

  • Acts 11:30
    65%

    30They did this, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.