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Acts 14:12 KJV
Acts · chapter 14 · verse 12
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.Acts 14:12 · King James Version
Acts 14:12 in context
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.
14Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MercuriushermēsMercurius or Hermes = " herald of the gods" , a Greek deity called by the Romans…G2060 →
- BarnabasbarnabasBarnabas = " son of rest" , the surname of Joses or Joseph, a Levite, a native of…G921 →
- Barnabasmentruly, certainly, surely, indeedG3303 →
- JupiterzeusJupiter or Zeus = " a father of helps" , the national god of the Greeks and…G2203 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- chiefhēgeomaito lead, to go before, to be a leader, to rule, command, to have authority over, a…G2233 →
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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