 | Paul Wright - Christian biography - 1814 - 428 pages
...been initiated into the superstitious customs of the Heathens, cried out, in the speech of Lycoania, " The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." And accordingly they called Barnabas Jupiter, because of his venerable gravity, and, Paul, Mercury,... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...(He had cured a man impotent in his feet, who had been a cripple from his mother's womb) they lift up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to ns in the likeness of men," Acts xiv. 11. But " when there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and... | |
 | Alexander Murray (Schoolmaster) - God - 1815 - 564 pages
...condescension in their gods; for when Paul and Barnabas had cured the impotent man at Lystra, they cried " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." They wondered at so great condescension, but never imagined that their gods had less divinity, or were... | |
 | William Ward - Hindu mythology - 1815 - 588 pages
...rich Hindoos have a room on the top of the house, in which they perform worship daily. Acts xiv. 11. " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." Innumerable accountsTreToUeTounid in the Hindoo pooraniis, of the descent of Briimha, Vishnoo, Shivfi,... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - Sermons, English - 1815 - 622 pages
...Lystra, when, a/ter beholding, the miraculous cure of the crjpple, they lift up their voicesj .saying, " The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men !*' Would it have been at all wonderful,, if the Apostles themselves, who were so highly honoured by... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian life - 1815 - 202 pages
...to another, so that his life was not safe in the land of Israel. Of Paul and Barnabas they said, " the gods are come down to us in the likeness of men !" They called the one Jupiter, and the other Mercury ; and it was with' difficulty they were prevented... | |
 | 1815 - 608 pages
...Now the people seeing what Paul had done, raised up their voices, saying, in the Lycaonian language, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. J2. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was tjie chief speaker. 13. Then... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 456 pages
...had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted...The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and PaulMercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Then the priest... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1817 - 610 pages
...it from the Lycaonians. When the people witnessed the miracle wrought by Paul upon the impotent man, they "lifted up their voices, saying, in the speech...the Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Then the priest... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...cir-ccv1-2healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, " Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw what Paul had ! done, they...up their voices, saying, in the speech of Lycaonia, f The gods are come To use them despitefully'] To expose them, bring them into contempt, and make them... | |
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And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men. 
