 | William Johnson Fox - Christianity - 1822 - 344 pages
...phraseology, be of course a god. When Paul and Barnabas wrought a miracle at Lystra, the people said, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." They would have formed a similar opinion of Christ, had they seen or heard of him ; and where apostolic... | |
 | 1823 - 836 pages
...Lystra, Acts xiv. II, "the people," we are told, " lifted up their voice in the language of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men."...people of that place would doubtless have said the same tiling of him. The inhabitants of other places would certainly have drawn a similar inference, differing... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - Unitarianism - 1823 - 440 pages
...the multitude seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, in the.Lycaonian dialect, saying, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." 12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter ; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. 13 Then... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - Bible - 1823 - 448 pages
...steadfastly beholding and perceiving that he had faith to be healed." Chorus of the people thereupon, "The Gods are come down to us in the " likeness of men." To the production of an appearance of this sort, what was necessary ? a real miracle ? No, surely:... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 536 pages
...when Paul cured the lame man at Lystra, the multitude, seeing what the apostle had done, exclaimed, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men ; and they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercurius," ie Jupiter's attendant, messenger, and interpreter... | |
 | Rammohun Roy (Raja) - Unitarianism - 1823 - 358 pages
...saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said he was a God." Acts, ch. xiv. ver. 11 : " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." Mosheim, [Vol. I.] p. 65 : " Many who were not willing to adopt the whole of the doctrines of Christianity,... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 748 pages
...for it on their own idolatrous principles : they forgot all they had heard of Jesus, and cried out, " The gods are come " down to us in the likeness of men." Agreeably to their blinded notions, they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury ; imagining something... | |
 | Bible - 1824 - 462 pages
...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. 12 And they called Barnaba§, Jupiter ; and Paul, Mercu225 Paul and Barnabas at Lystra : TH E rius,... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...bands.— Acts viii. 18—20. 35 When the people saw what Paul had done, they lift up their voices, saying, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men, &c. and the priest, &c. would have done sacrifice, &c.— Acts xiv. 11—14. While Paul waited for... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the apeech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter ; and Faul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Then the... | |
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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. 
