Acts 14:12
And they called Barnabas, Iupiter: and Paul, Mercurius, because hee was the chiefe speaker.
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- Acts 19:35 : 35 Then the towne clearke when hee had stayed the people, saide, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is it that knoweth not howe that the citie of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddesse Diana, and of the image, which came downe from Iupiter?
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- Acts 14:13-153 verses87%
13Then Iupiters priest, which was before their citie, brought bulles with garlands vnto the gates, & would haue sacrificed with the people.
14But when the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard it, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying,
15And saying, O men, why doe yee these things? We are euen men subiect to the like passions that yee be, and preache vnto you, that yee shoulde turne from these vaine things vnto the liuing God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all things that in them are:
- Acts 14:9-113 verses84%
9He heard Paul speake: who beholding him, and perceiuing that he had faith to be healed,
10Said with a loude voyce, Stand vpright on thy feete; he leaped vp, and walked.
11Then when the people sawe what Paul had done, they lift vp their voyces, saying in ye speach of Lycaonia, Gods are come downe to vs in the likenesse of men.
- Acts 13:5-84 verses72%
5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the worde of God in the Synagogues of the Iewes: and they had also Iohn to their minister.
6So when they had gone throughout the yle vnto Paphus, they found a certaine sorcerer, a false prophet, being a Iewe, named Bariesus,
7Which was with the Deputie Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called vnto him Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the woorde of God.
8But Elymas, ye sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstoode them, and sought to turne away the Deputie from the faith.
- Acts 14:18-203 verses71%
18And speaking these things, scarce appeased they the multitude, that they had not sacrificed vnto them.
19Then there came certaine Iewes from Antiochia and Iconium, which when they had persuaded the people, stoned Paul, and drewe him out of the citie, supposing he had bene dead.
20Howbeit, as the disciples stoode rounde about him, hee arose vp, and came into the citie, and the next day hee departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
- Acts 19:33-353 verses71%
33And some of the company drew foorth Alexander, the Iewes thrusting him forwards. Alexander then beckened with the hande, and woulde haue excused the matter to the people.
34But when they knew that he was a Iewe, there arose a shoute almost for the space of two houres, of all men crying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35Then the towne clearke when hee had stayed the people, saide, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is it that knoweth not howe that the citie of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddesse Diana, and of the image, which came downe from Iupiter?
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12Then all the multitude kept silence, and heard Barnabas and Paul, which told what signes and wonders God had done among the Gentiles by them.
- Acts 17:18-236 verses70%
18Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes, disputed with him, and some sayde, What will this babler say? Others sayde, He seemeth to be a setter forth of straunge gods (because hee preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.)
19And they tooke him, and brought him into Mars streete, saying, May we not know, what this newe doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20For thou bringest certaine strange thinges vnto our eares: we woulde knowe therefore, what these things meane.
21For all the Athenians, and strangers which dwelt there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell, or to heare some newes.
22Then Paul stoode in the mids of Mars streete, and sayde, Yee men of Athens, I perceiue that in all things yee are too superstitious.
23For as I passed by, and behelde your deuotions, I founde an altar wherein was written, Vnto The Vnknowen God. Whome yee then ignorantly worship, him shewe I vnto you.
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6Howbeit they wayted whe he should haue swolne, or fallen downe dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and sawe no inconuenience come to him, they changed their mindes, and said, That he was a God.
- Acts 19:28-292 verses69%
28Now when they heard it, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29And the whole citie was full of confusion, and they rushed into the common place with one assent, and caught Gaius, and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, and Pauls companions of his iourney.
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29For they had seene before Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the citie, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the Temple.
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37For yee haue brought hither these men, which haue neither committed sacrilege, neither doe blaspheme your goddesse.
- Acts 14:6-72 verses68%
6They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the region round about,
7And there preached the Gospel.
- Acts 19:25-262 verses68%
25Whom he called together, with the workemen of like things, and saide, Syrs, ye knowe that by this craft we haue our goods:
26Moreouer ye see and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia this Paul hath perswaded, and turned away much people, saying, That they be not gods which are made with handes.
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44And ye next Sabbath day came almost the whole citie together, to heare the worde of God.
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11And God wrought no small miracles by the handes of Paul,
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22Then tydings of those things came vnto the eares of the Church, which was in Hierusalem, and they sent foorth Barnabas, that he should goe vnto Antiochia.
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19And when he had embraced them, hee tolde by order all things, that God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministration.
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17She followed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying, These men are the seruants of the most high God, which shewe vnto you the way of saluation.
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2Nowe as they ministred to the Lord, and fasted, the holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the worke whereunto I haue called them.
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11And they gaue heed vnto him, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
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15And after the lecture of the Law & Prophets, the rulers of ye Synagogue sent vnto them, saying, Ye men & brethren, if ye haue any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
- Acts 2:11-122 verses66%
11Creetes, and Arabians: wee hearde them speake in our owne tongues the wonderful works of God.
12They were all then amased, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be?
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22And the people gaue a shoute, saying, The voyce of God, and not of man.
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46For they heard them speake with tongues, and magnifie God. Then answered Peter,
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15And from thence, when the brethren heard of vs, they came to meete vs at the Market of Appius, and at the Three tauernes, whom when Paul sawe, he thanked God, and waxed bolde.
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46Then Paul and Barnabas spake boldly, and sayde, It was necessarie that the woorde of God shoulde first haue beene spoken vnto you: but seeing yee put it from you, and iudge your selues vnworthie of euerlasting life, loe, we turne to the Gentiles.
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17And this was knowen to all the Iewes and Grecians also, which dwelt at Ephesus, and feare came on them all, and the Name of the Lord Iesus was magnified,
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3So therefore they abode there a long time, and spake boldly in the Lorde, which gaue testimonie vnto the woord of his grace, and caused signes and woders to be done by their hands.
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1And it came to passe in Iconium, that they went both together into the Synagogue of the Iewes, & so spake, that a great multitude both of the Iewes and of the Grecians beleeued.
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30Which thing they also did, and sent it to the Elders, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.