Acts 14:11

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When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, 'The gods have come down to us in human form!'

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  • Acts 8:10 : 10 Everyone, from the least to the greatest, paid attention to him and said, 'This man is the great power of God.'
  • Acts 28:6 : 6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
  • Acts 12:22 : 22 The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!'

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  • Acts 14:12-15
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    12They called Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

    13The priest of Zeus, whose temple was outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates, intending to offer sacrifices with the crowds.

    14But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

    15They cried out, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also humans with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'

  • Acts 14:6-10
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    6Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region.

    7There they continued preaching the good news.

    8In Lystra, there was a man who could not use his feet; he was lame from birth and had never walked.

    9This man was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

    10Paul said loudly, 'Stand upright on your feet!' And the man jumped up and began to walk.

  • Acts 16:17
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    17She followed Paul and us, shouting, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!'

  • Acts 14:18-20
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    18Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

    19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

    20But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day, he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

  • Acts 28:6
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    6The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

  • Acts 19:25-26
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    25He gathered them together, along with others who worked in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that we gain a good income from this business.

    26You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods.

  • Acts 12:22
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    22The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!'

  • Acts 21:29-30
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    29They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

    30The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

  • Acts 19:34-35
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    34But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    35When the city clerk had calmed the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from heaven?

  • Acts 19:11
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    11God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,

  • Acts 19:28-29
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    28When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

  • Acts 15:12
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    12The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they narrated all the signs and wonders that God had done among the Gentiles through them.

  • Acts 2:11-12
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    11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!

    12They were all amazed and perplexed, asking one another, 'What does this mean?'

  • Acts 17:22-23
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    22Paul then stood up in the middle of the Areopagus and said, 'Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

    23As I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So, you are worshiping in ignorance the very one I proclaim to you.

  • Acts 17:18-19
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    18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.

    19They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, 'May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

  • Acts 3:12
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    12When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: "Fellow Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

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    6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment because each one heard them speaking in their own language.

    7They were astonished and amazed, saying, 'Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?'

  • Acts 10:46
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    46for they were hearing them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter responded:

  • Luke 5:26
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    26Everyone was amazed and gave glory to God. They were filled with awe and said, "We have seen remarkable things today."

  • Acts 21:19
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    19After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 13:15-16
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    15After the reading of the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, 'Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak.'

    16Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, said, 'Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen!'

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    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 19:17
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    17This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus. Fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

  • Acts 16:29
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    29The jailer asked for lights, rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas.

  • Acts 14:1
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    1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

  • Acts 4:21
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    21After further threats, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because of the people, since they were all glorifying God for what had happened.

  • Acts 19:6
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    6When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

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    12Then the proconsul, when he saw what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

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    39So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.

  • Acts 16:19
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    19When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

  • Acts 3:9
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    9All the people saw him walking and praising God.

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    20But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and also began speaking to the Greeks, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.