Acts 14:10-13

14:10 he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” ¹  And the man ²  leaped up and began walking. ³  14:11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted ⁴  in the Lycaonian language, ⁵  “The gods have come down to us in human form!” ⁶  14:12 They began to call ⁷  Barnabas Zeus ⁸  and Paul Hermes, ⁹  because he was the chief speaker. 14:13 The priest of the temple ¹⁰  of Zeus, ¹¹  located just outside the city, brought bulls ¹²  and garlands ¹³  to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. ¹⁴ 

Psalms 12:2

12:2 People lie to one another; ¹⁵ 

they flatter and deceive. ¹⁶ 

Daniel 6:7

6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ¹⁷  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.

Jude 1:16

1:16 These people are grumblers and ¹⁸  fault-finders who go ¹⁹  wherever their desires lead them, ²⁰  and they give bombastic speeches, ²¹  enchanting folks ²²  for their own gain. ²³ 

Revelation 13:4

13:4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority ²⁴  to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?” ²⁵ 

¹ tn BDAG 722 s.v. ὀρθός 1.a has “stand upright on your feet.”

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn This verb is imperfect tense in contrast to the previous verb, which is aorist. It has been translated ingressively, since the start of a sequence is in view here.

⁴ tn Grk “they lifted up their voice” (an idiom).

⁵ tn Grk “in Lycaonian, saying.” The word “language” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

⁶ tn So BDAG 707 s.v. ὁμοιόω 1. However, L&N 64.4 takes the participle ὁμοιωθέντες (Jomoiwqente") as an adjectival participle modifying θεοί (qeoi): “the gods resembling men have come down to us.”

⁷ tn The imperfect verb ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

⁸ sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).

⁹ sn Hermes was a Greek god who (according to Greek mythology) was the messenger of the gods and the god of oratory (equivalent to the Roman god Mercury).

¹⁰ tn The words “the temple of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. The translation “the priest of (the temple/shrine of) Zeus located before the city” is given for this phrase by BDAG 426 s.v. Ζεύς.

¹¹ sn See the note on Zeus in the previous verse.

¹² tn Or “oxen.”

¹³ tn Or “wreaths.”

¹⁴ tn The words “to them” are not in the Greek text, but are clearly implied by the response of Paul and Barnabas in the following verse.

¹⁵ tn Heb “falsehood they speak, a man with his neighbor.” The imperfect verb forms in v. 2 describe what is typical in the psalmist’s experience.

¹⁶ tn Heb “[with] a lip of smoothness, with a heart and a heart they speak.” Speaking a “smooth” word refers to deceptive flattery (cf. Ps 5:9; 55:21; Prov 2:16; 5:3; 7:5, 21; 26:28; 28:23; Isa 30:10). “Heart” here refers to their mind, from which their motives and intentions originate. The repetition of the noun indicates diversity (see GKC 396 §123.f, IBHS 116 §7.2.3c, and Deut 25:13, where the phrase “weight and a weight” refers to two different measuring weights). These people have two different types of “hearts.” Their flattering words seem to express kind motives and intentions, but this outward display does not really reflect their true motives. Their real “heart” is filled with evil thoughts and destructive intentions. The “heart” that is seemingly displayed through their words is far different from the real “heart” they keep disguised. (For the idea see Ps 28:3.) In 1 Chr 12:33 the phrase “without a heart and a heart” means “undivided loyalty.”

¹⁷ tn Aram “prays a prayer.”

¹⁸ tn “And” is not in Greek, but is supplied for the sake of English style.

¹⁹ tn Or “going.” Though the participle is anarthrous, so also is the subject. Thus, the participle could be either adverbial or adjectival.

²⁰ tn Grk “(who go/going) according to their own lusts.”

²¹ tn Grk “and their mouth speaks bombastic things.”

²² sn Enchanting folks (Grk “awing faces”) refers to the fact that the speeches of these false teachers are powerful and seductive.

²³ tn Or “to their own advantage.”

²⁴ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

²⁵ tn On the use of the masculine pronoun to refer to the beast, see the note on the word “It” in 13:1.