Acts 14:12
Acts chapter 14 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.
Context
v.11And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
v.12This passage
v.13And the priest of Jupiter whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 19:35
And when the townclerk had quieted the multitude, he saith, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?