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Acts 14:12

And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

KJV

ἐκάλουν τε τὸν Βαρναβᾶν Δία, τὸν δὲ Παῦλον Ἑρμῆν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου.

Greek NT

Sacerdos quoque Jovis, qui erat ante civitatem, tauros et coronas ante januas afferens, cum populis volebat sacrificare.

Vulgate

And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.

ASV

The priest also of Jupiter that was before the city, bringing oxen and garlands before the gate, would have offered sacrifice with the people.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People PaulBarnabas

In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαρνάβας
barnabas
noun · 28×
Ζεύς
zeus
noun · 2×
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἐπειδή
epeide
conjunction · 10×
Ἑρμῆς
ermes
noun · 2×
ἡγέομαι
egeomai
verb · 28×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: τὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: τὸν | RP: + μὲν
  • τὸνSBLGNT
  • τὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + μὲνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Many prophets and righteous men (it is said) have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them. Matthew 13:17 Did then those righteous men know all the things to come? Yea, most certainly. For if because of the weakness of those who were not able to receive Him, the Son was not revealed, — …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:6 — Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
  • Acts 19:35 — And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the
  • Acts 19:35 — And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the
  • Gal 4:8 — Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.