Kisah Para Rasul 14:12

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Barnabas mereka sebut Zeus dan Paulus mereka sebut Hermes, karena ia yang berbicara.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Barnabas mereka sebut Zeus dan Paulus mereka sebut Hermes, karena ia yang berbicara.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Lalu digelarkannya Barnabas itu Zius, tetapi Paulus itu Hermes, sebab ialah pemberita yang terutama.

Contextual Overview

⁸ And there sate a certayne man at Lystra, weake in his feete, beyng a creple from his mothers wombe, and neuer had walked. ⁹ The same hearde Paul speake: which beholdyng hym, and perceauyng that he had sayth to be whole, ¹⁰ Sayde with a loude voyce: stande vpryght on thy feete. And he start vp, and walked. ¹¹ And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lyft vp their voyces, saying in the speache of Lycaonia: Gods are come downe to vs in the lykenesse of men. ¹² And they called Barnabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because he was the chiefe speaker. ¹³ Then Iupiters priest, which was before their citie, brought oxen and garlandes vnto the doore, and woulde haue done sacrifice with the people. ¹⁴ Which when the Apostles, Barnabas & Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying, ¹⁵ And saying: Sirs, why do ye these thynges? We are mortall men lyke vnto you, and preach vnto you, that ye shoulde turne from these vanities, vnto the lyuyng God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all thynges that are therin. ¹⁶ The which in tymes past suffred all nations to walke in their owne wayes. ¹⁷ Neuerthelesse, he left not hym selfe without witnesse, in that he shewed his benefites from heauen, in geuyng vs rayne and fruitefull seasons, fillyng our heartes with foode and gladnesse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jupiter: Acts 19:35

Reciprocal: Acts 2:7 - amazed 1 Corinthians 9:6 - Barnabas Galatians 2:1 - Barnabas Galatians 4:8 - ye did

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
These are the generations of Tarah: Tarah begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran: Haron begat Lot.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe, and Lot his brothers sonne, & all their substaunce that they had in possession, and the soules that they had begotten in Haran, and they departed, that they might come into the lande of Chanaan: and into the lande of Chanaan they came.

Genesis 14:9
And they ioyned battell with them in the vale of Siddim: that is to saye, with Chodorlaomer the kyng of Elam, and with Thidal kyng of nations, and with Amraphel kyng of Sinar, and with Arioch kyng of Elasar, foure kynges agaynst fyue.

Genesis 14:11
And they takyng all the goodes of Sodome and Gomorrhe, and all their vittayles, went their way.

Genesis 14:12
And they caryed awaye Lot also Abrams brothers sonne, & his goodes, (for he dwelled in Sodome) and departed.

Genesis 14:13
And there came one that had escaped, and tolde Abram the Hebrewe, whiche dwelled in the playne of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner, whiche were confederate with Abram.

Genesis 14:17
After that he returned agayne from the slaughter of Chodorlaomer, and of the kynges that were with hym, came the kyng of Sodome foorth to meete hym in the valey Sauch, which is the kynges dale.

Genesis 14:19
And blessed hym, saying: Blessed be Abram vnto the hygh God possessour of heauen and earth.

Numbers 16:26
And he spake vnto the congregation, saying: Depart I pray you from the tentes of these wicked men, and touche nothyng of theirs, lest ye perishe in all their sinnes.

Job 9:23
And though he slay sodaynly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they called Barnabas Jupiter,.... The supreme God; it may be because that Barnabas was the oldest man, of the tallest stature, and largest bulk, and made the best figure; whereas Paul was younger, of a low stature, and mean appearance:

and Paul Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker; Mercury was the god of eloquence, and the messenger of the gods, and the interpreter of their will r; Paul being chiefly concerned in preaching and speaking to the people, they called him by the name of this God: the Jews had a doctor in their schools, whom they called

דאש המדברים, "the chief of the speakers" s.

r Vid Macrob. Saturnal. l. 1. c. 17, 19. s Juchasin, fol. 45. 2. & 46. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they called Barnabas, Jupiter - Jupiter was the most powerful of all the gods of the ancients. He was represented as the son of Saturn and Ops, and was educated in a cave on Mount Ida, in the island of Crete. The worship of Jupiter was almost universal. He was the Aremon of Africa, the Belus of Babylon, the Osiris of Egypt. His common appellation was, The Father of gods and men. He was usually represented as sitting upon a golden or an ivory throne, holding in one hand a thunderbolt, and in the other a scepter of cypress. His power was supposed to extend over other gods; and everything was subservient to his will except the Fates. There is the most abundant proof that he was worshipped in the region of Lycaonia and throughout Asia Minor. There was, besides, a fable among the inhabitants of Lycaonia that Jupiter and Mercury had once visited that place, and had been received by Philemon. The whole fable is related by Ovid, “Metam.,” 8, 611, etc.

And Paul, Mercurius - Mercury, called by the Greeks Hermes, was a celebrated god of antiquity. No less than five of this name are mentioned by Cicero. The most celebrated was the son of Jupiter and Maia. He was the messenger of the gods, and of Jupiter in particular; he was the patron of travelers and shepherds; he conducted the souls of the dead into the infernal regions; he presided over orators, and declaimers, and merchants; and he was also the god of thieves, pickpockets, and all dishonest persons. He was regarded as the god of eloquence; and as light, rapid, and quick in his movements. The conjecture of Chrysostom is, that Barnabas was a large, athletic man, and was hence taken for Jupiter; and that Paul was small in his person, and was hence supposed to be Mercury.

Because he was the chief speaker - The office of Mercury was to deliver the messages of the gods; and as Paul only had been discoursing, he was supposed to be Mercury.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 14:12. They called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius — The heathens supposed that Jupiter and Mercury were the gods who most frequently assumed the human form; and Jupiter was accustomed to take Mercury with him on such expeditions. Jupiter was the supreme god of the heathens; and Mercury was by them considered the god of eloquence. And the ancient fable, from which I have quoted so largely above, represents Jupiter and Mercury coming to this very region, where they were entertained by Lycaon, from whom the Lycaonians derived their name. See the whole fable in the first book of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

As the ancients usually represented Jupiter as rather an aged man, large, noble, and majestic; and Mercury young, light, and active, the conjecture of Chrysostom is very probable, that Barnabas was a large, noble, well-made man, and probably in years; and St. Paul, young, active, and eloquent; on which account, they termed the former Jupiter, and the latter Mercury. That Mercury was eloquent and powerful in his words is allowed by the heathens; and the very epithet that is applied here to Paul, ην ὁ ἡγουμενος του λογου, he was the chief or leader of the discourse, was applied to Mercury. So Jamblichus de Myster. Init. Θεος ὁ των λογων ἡγεμων ὁ Ἑρμης. And Macrobius, Sat. i. 8: Scimus Mercurium vocis et sermonis potentem. We know that Mercury is powerful both in his voice and eloquence. With the Lycaonians, the actions of these apostles proved them to be gods; and the different parts they took appeared to them to fix their character, so that one was judged to be Jupiter, and the other Mercury.