Study Desk

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the ^(x)Lycaonian language, "^(y)The gods have become like men and have come down to us."

And they began calling Barnabas, ^[g]Zeus, and Paul, ^[h]Hermes, because he was ^[i]the chief speaker.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was ^[j]just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and ^(z)wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

But when ^(aa)the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^(ab)tore their ^[k]robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also ^(ac)men of the same nature as you, and ^(ad)preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these ^[l](ae)vain things to a ^(af)living God, ^(ag) who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them .