Acts 14:12
They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
Additional Resources
Referenced Verses
- Acts 19:35 : 35 After 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?
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Acts 14:13-153 verses87%
13 The 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.
14 But 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 14:9-113 verses84%
9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,
10 he said with a loud voice,“Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.
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!”
- Acts 13:5-84 verses72%
5 When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.(Now they also had John as their assistant.)
6 When they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
8 But the magician Elymas(for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
- Acts 14:18-203 verses71%
18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
19 But 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.
20 But 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.
- Acts 19:33-353 verses71%
33 Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.
34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.
35 After 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?
- 70%
12 The 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 17:18-236 verses70%
18 Also 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.)
19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”
21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)
22 So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said,“Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.
23 For 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.
- 69%
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 19:28-292 verses69%
28 When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 The 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.
- 68%
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.)
- 68%
37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
- Acts 14:6-72 verses68%
6 Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
7 There they continued to proclaim the good news.
- Acts 19:25-262 verses68%
25 He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said,“Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.
26 And 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.
- 68%
44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.
- 67%
11 The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,
- 67%
22 A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
- 67%
19 When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- 67%
17 She 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.”
- 67%
2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- 67%
11 And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.
- 67%
15 After 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.”
- Acts 2:11-122 verses66%
11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”
- 66%
22 But the crowd began to shout,“The voice of a god, and not of a man!”
- 66%
46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
- 66%
15 The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage.
- 66%
46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
- 65%
17 This 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.
- 65%
3 So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.
- 65%
1 Paul 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.
- 65%
30 They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.