Acts 14:11
So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language,“The gods have come down to us in human form!”
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- Acts 8:10 : 10 All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying,“This man is the power of God that is called‘Great.’”
- Acts 28:6 : 6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
- Acts 12:22 : 22 But the crowd began to shout,“The voice of a god, and not of a man!”
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- Acts 14:12-154 verses84%
12They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
13The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
15“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
- Acts 14:6-105 verses78%
6Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
7There they continued to proclaim the good news.
8Paul and Barnabas at Lystra In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
9This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,
10he said with a loud voice,“Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.
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17She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
- Acts 14:18-203 verses74%
18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
20But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
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6But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
- Acts 19:25-262 verses73%
25He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said,“Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.
26And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
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22But the crowd began to shout,“The voice of a god, and not of a man!”
- Acts 21:29-302 verses72%
29(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)
30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.
- Acts 19:34-352 verses72%
34But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.
35After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said,“Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
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11The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,
- Acts 19:28-292 verses71%
28When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
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12The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
- Acts 2:11-122 verses70%
11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
12All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”
- Acts 17:22-232 verses70%
22So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said,“Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.
23For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.
- Acts 17:18-192 verses70%
18Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
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12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people,“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?
- Acts 2:6-72 verses70%
6When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
7Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
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46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
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26Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying,“We have seen incredible things today.”
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19When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Acts 13:15-162 verses69%
15After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying,“Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it.”
16So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said,“Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:
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27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
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17This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.
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29Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
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1Paul and Barnabas at Iconium The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.
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21After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.
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6and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
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12Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord.
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39and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
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19But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
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9All the people saw him walking and praising God,
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20But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.