| James Bennett - Miracles - 1831 - 254 pages
...saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, 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 priest of Jupiter, which was before their city,... | |
| Samuel Wood (B.A.) - 1832 - 244 pages
...religion to Christianity. See Acts xiii. 4 — 12. saying, in the speech of Lycaonia, " The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. Then the priest of Jupiter, whose statue was before their... | |
| Isaac Watts - Education - 1832 - 414 pages
...when he had healed the cripple by a mere word of command, the people cried out with exalted voices, " The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men :" immediately they made a Mercury of St. Paul, they turned Barnabas into Jupiter, and the priests... | |
| Mythology - 1833 - 188 pages
...saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying In the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Bar nabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chie) speaker. Then the priest of Jupiter,... | |
| Aylette Raines - Calvinism - 1833 - 110 pages
...this miracle had upon them! They lifted up their voices and, in the speech of Lycaonia, exclaimed, "The Gods have come down to us, in the likeness of men!" Paul, they called Mercurius, and Barnabas, Jupiter, and were just about to sacrifice to them, when... | |
| 1835 - 166 pages
...what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas Jupiter ; and Paul Mercury,* because he was the chief speaker. The priest also of Jupiter, whose image was in front of... | |
| Joseph Wilson (Minister of Laxton.) - Holy Spirit - 1836 - 408 pages
...for, " When the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying. . . .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 xiv. 11, 12.) As the Gospel, in its doctrines and... | |
| William Carpenter - Bible - 1836 - 776 pages
...lame from his mother's womb, the inhabitants of Lystra said, in the speech of Lycaonia, "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." LYCIA, a province of Asia Minor, having Phrygia on the... | |
| 1836 - 742 pages
...pestilent penon*. The Jews were offended ; but the others not only did not resist their preaching, but said the gods have come down to us in the likeness of men. They called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius. 1 suppose that there was something venerable in... | |
| 1841 - 538 pages
...idolatry; and the inhabitants "lifted up their voices, saying, in the speech of Lycaonia, 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 they essayed to do them homage, and offer them... | |
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