Acts 14:12 
Context| NETBible | They began to call 1 Barnabas Zeus 2 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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| 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). |
