Acts 14:11-19 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted their voices and said in the language of the country, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted their voices and said in the language of the country, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men. ¹² So they called BarÆna-bas, the chief of the gods; and Paul, they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³ Then the priest of the chief of gods whose shrine was outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gate of the courtyard where they stayed, and he wanted to offer sacrifices to them. ¹⁴ When BarÆna-bas and Paul heard of this, they rent their clothes, and leaped to their feet and went out to the crowd, crying out ¹⁵ And saying, Men, what are you doing? We also are ordinary human beings like you, who preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all things that are therein, ¹⁶ Who in generations past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. ¹⁷ Nevertheless he left himself without testimony, in that he bestowed good on them from heaven, and gave them rain, and caused the fruits to grow in their seasons, and satisfied their hearts with food and gladness. ¹⁸ And even though they said these things they had difficulty in restraining the people from offering sacrifice to them. ¹⁹ But there came there Jews from I-coÆnium and AnÆti-och and stirred up the people against them, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.