| Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - 1833 - 638 pages
...mission, according to that which was committed to them, blasphemously though ignorantly cried out, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men " ? And, were thoughts in any degree resembling these to steal over us, should we brand with enthusiasm... | |
| Samuel Longhurst - 1833 - 228 pages
...disposed for eternal life, believed. — See Home, vol. ii. page 689.— See also Acts xx. 13. XIV. 11. " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." It was a common notion among the heathens, that the gods often appeared in the form of men : hence... | |
| 1833 - 360 pages
...multitudes had seen what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice in the Lycaonian tongue, saying : The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 11 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury; because he was chief speaker. 12 The priest... | |
| 1833 - 188 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. And they called Bar nabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chie) speaker. Then the... | |
| Rammohun Roy (Raja) - 1834 - 204 pages
...and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said he was a God." Ch. xiv. ver. 1 1 : "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... | |
| Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - 1834 - 642 pages
...mission, according to that which was committed to them, blasphemously though ignorantly cried out, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men" ? And, were thoughts in any degree resembling these to steal over us, should we brand with enthusiasm... | |
| 1834 - 406 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 Barnabas, Jupiter ; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. 13 Then... | |
| 1835 - 726 pages
...the inhabitants, who were idolaters, and, of course, hostile to Christianity, would not have said, "the Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men;" nor would the priest of Jupiter have brought oxen and garlands to the gates ; nor would he have been... | |
| Edward William Clarke - 1835 - 288 pages
...people lifted up their voices, and said, (in the language of the province in which the city was) — " The GODS are come down to us in the likeness of men ! " That they then called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker;... | |
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