Acts 14:12

NETBible

They began to call 1  Barnabas Zeus 2  and Paul Hermes, 3  because he was the chief speaker.

NIV ©

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.

NASB ©

And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

NLT ©

They decided that Barnabas was the Greek god Zeus and that Paul, because he was the chief speaker, was Hermes.

MSG ©

They called Barnabas "Zeus" and Paul "Hermes" (since Paul did most of the speaking).

BBE ©

And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.

NRSV ©

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

NKJV ©

And Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

KJV
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they called
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Barnabas
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and
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Paul
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because
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he
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was
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the chief
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NASB ©
And they
began
calling
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Barnabas
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, Zeus
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, and Paul
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, Hermes
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, because
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he was the chief
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speaker
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.
NET [draft] ITL
They began to call
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Barnabas
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Zeus
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and
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Paul
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Hermes
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, because
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he
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was
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the chief speaker
<2233>

<3056>
.
GREEK
ekaloun ton barnaban dia ton de paulon ermhn epeidh autov hn hgoumenov logou
NETBible

They began to call 1  Barnabas Zeus 2  and Paul Hermes, 3  because he was the chief speaker.

NET Notes

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).