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Acts 14:12

NETBible	They began to call¹ Barnabas Zeus² and Paul Hermes,³ because he was the chief speaker.
NIV © biblegateway Act 14:12	Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.
NASB © biblegateway Act 14:12	And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
NLT © biblegateway Act 14:12	They decided that Barnabas was the Greek god Zeus and that Paul, because he was the chief speaker, was Hermes.
MSG © biblegateway Act 14:12	They called Barnabas "Zeus" and Paul "Hermes" (since Paul did most of the speaking).
BBE © SABDAweb Act 14:12	And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 14:12	Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 14:12	And Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
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KJV	And <5037> they called <2564> (5707) Barnabas <921>_, <3303> Jupiter <2203>_; and <1161> Paul <3972>_, Mercurius <2060>_, because <1894> he <846> was <2258> (5713) the chief <2233> (5740) speaker <3056>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 14:12	And they began calling <2564> Barnabas <921> , Zeus <2203> , and Paul <3972> , Hermes <2060> , because <1894> he was the chief <2233> speaker <3056> .
NET [draft] ITL	They began to call <2564> Barnabas <921> Zeus <2203> and <1161> Paul <3972> Hermes <2060> , because <1894> he <846> was <1510> the chief speaker <2233> <3056> .
GREEK	ekaloun <2564> (5707) V-IAI-3P te <5037> PRT ton <3588> T-ASM barnaban <921> N-ASM dia <2203> N-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM de <1161> CONJ paulon <3972> N-ASM ermhn <2060> N-ASM epeidh <1894> CONJ autov <846> P-NSM hn <1510> (5713) V-IXI-3S o <3588> T-NSM hgoumenov <2233> (5740) V-PNP-NSM tou <3588> T-GSM logou <3056> N-GSM

NETBible

They began to call¹ Barnabas Zeus² and Paul Hermes,³ because he was the chief speaker.

NET Notes

¹tn The imperfect verb ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

²sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).

³sn 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).