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Acts 14:11 KJV
Acts · chapter 14 · verse 11
And when the people 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.Acts 14:11 · King James Version
Acts 14:11 in context
9The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
10Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
11And when the people 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.
12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Lycaonialykaonistiin the speech or tongue of the LycaoniaG3072 →
- likenesshomoioōto be made like, to liken, compare, illustrate by comparisonsG3666 →
- peopleochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- voicesphōnēa sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments, a voice, of the sound of…G5456 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- PaulpaulosPaul or Paulus = " small or little" , Paul was the most famous of the apostles…G3972 →
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In these verses we have, I. A miraculous cure wrought by Paul at Lystra upon a cripple that had been lame from his birth, such a one as was miraculously cured by Peter and John, Act 3:2. That introduced the gospel among the Jews, this among the Gentiles;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-18