1 tn The imperfect verb ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
2 sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).
3 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).
4 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.
5 sn See the note on Zeus in the previous verse.
6 tn Or “oxen.”
7 tn Or “wreaths.”
8 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.