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Acts 14:13 KJV
Acts · chapter 14 · verse 13
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.Acts 14:13 · King James Version
Acts 14:13 in context
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,
15And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificethyōto sacrifice, immolate, to slay, kill, of the paschal lamb, slaughterG2380 →
- garlandsstemmaa fillet, a garland, put upon victimsG4725 →
- JupiterzeusJupiter or Zeus = " a father of helps" , the national god of the Greeks and…G2203 →
- broughtpherōto carry, to carry some burden, to bear with one s self, to move by bearing move or, to…G5342 →
- priesthiereusa priest, one who offers sacrifices and in general in busied with sacred rites, referring…G2409 →
- beforeprobeforeG4253 →
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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