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OET (OET-RV) They called Barnabas ‘Zeus’ and called Paul ‘Hermas’ since he was the main speaker.
OET-LV They_were_calling both the Barnabas:
Zeus, and the Paulos:
Hermas, since he was the one leading of_the matter.
SR-GNT Ἐκάλουν τε τὸν Βαρναβᾶν, “Δία”, τὸν δὲ Παῦλον, “Ἑρμῆν”, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου. ‡
(Ekaloun te ton Barnaban, “Dia”, ton de Paulon, “Hermaʸn”, epeidaʸ autos aʸn ho haʸgoumenos tou logou.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And they were calling Barnabas “Zeus,” and Paul “Hermes,” because he was the leader of the word.
UST They began to say that Barnabas was probably the chief god, whose name was Zeus. And they began to say that Paul was Hermes, the messenger for the other gods. They believed this because Paul was the one who had been speaking.
BSB Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
BLB And Barnabas, they began calling Zeus; and Paul, Hermes, because he was the leading speaker.
AICNT Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
OEB So they called Barnabas “Zeus,” and Paul “Hermes,” because he took the lead in speaking;
WEBBE They called Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, because he was the chief speaker.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
LSV they were also calling Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.
FBV They identified Barnabas as the Greek god Zeus, and Paul as the god Hermes because he was one who did most of the talking.
TCNT Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, since he was the one who took the lead in speaking.
T4T They began to say that Barnabas was probably the chief god, whose name was Zeus. And they began to say that Paul was Hermes, the messenger/spokesman for the other gods. They mistakenly thought that because Paul was the one who had been speaking.
LEB And they began calling[fn] Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the principal speaker.[fn]
14:12 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began calling”)
14:12 Literally “leader of the message”
BBE And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth They called Barnabas `Zeus,' and Paul, as being the principal speaker, `Hermes.'
ASV And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.
DRA The priest also of Jupiter that was before the city, bringing oxen and garlands before the gate, would have offered sacrifice with the people.
YLT they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking.
Drby And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury, because he took the lead in speaking.
RV And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.
Wbstr And they called Barnabas, Jupiter, and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
KJB-1769 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
KJB-1611 And they called Barnabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because hee was the chiefe speaker.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps And they called Barnabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because he was the chiefe speaker.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Gnva And they called Barnabas, Iupiter: and Paul, Mercurius, because hee was the chiefe speaker.
(And they called Barnabas, Yupiter: and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. )
Cvdl And they called Barnabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because he was the preacher.
(And they called Barnabas Yupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because he was the preacher.)
TNT And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher.
(And they called Barnabas Yupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher. )
Wycl And the preest of Jubiter that was bifor the citee, brouyte boolis and crownes bifor the yatis, with puplis, and wolde haue maad sacrifice.
(And the priest of Yubiter that was before the city, brought boolis and crowns before the yatis, with puplis, and would have made sacrifice.)
Luth Und nenneten Barnabas Jupiter und Paulus Mercurius, dieweil er das Wort führete.
(And nenneten Barnabas Yupiter and Paulus Mercurius, dieweil he the Wort führete.)
ClVg Sacerdos quoque Jovis, qui erat ante civitatem, tauros et coronas ante januas afferens, cum populis volebat sacrificare.[fn]
(Sacerdos too Yovis, who was before civitatem, tauros and coronas before yanuas afferens, when/with of_the_peoples volebat sacrificare. )
14.12 Coronas. ID. Ut faciem templi juxta ritum gentium ornaret, vel eis (quasi diis immolaturus) imponeret. Mos erat gentilium: ut deorum suorum honori sacrificantes sumerent coronas, victimis simul coronatis.
14.12 Coronas. ID. Ut face templi next_to ritum gentium ornaret, or to_them (quasi diis immolaturus) imponeret. Mos was gentilium: as deorum suorum honori sacrificantes sumerent coronas, victimis simul coronatis.
UGNT ἐκάλουν τε τὸν Βαρναβᾶν, Δία, τὸν δὲ Παῦλον, Ἑρμῆν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου.
(ekaloun te ton Barnaban, Dia, ton de Paulon, Hermaʸn, epeidaʸ autos aʸn ho haʸgoumenos tou logou.)
SBL-GNT ἐκάλουν τε ⸀τὸν Βαρναβᾶν Δία, τὸν δὲ Παῦλον Ἑρμῆν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου.
(ekaloun te ⸀ton Barnaban Dia, ton de Paulon Hermaʸn, epeidaʸ autos aʸn ho haʸgoumenos tou logou.)
TC-GNT Ἐκάλουν τε τὸν [fn]μὲν Βαρνάβαν, Δία· τὸν δὲ Παῦλον, Ἑρμῆν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου.
(Ekaloun te ton men Barnaban, Dia; ton de Paulon, Hermaʸn, epeidaʸ autos aʸn ho haʸgoumenos tou logou. )
14:12 μεν ¦ — CT
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
14:8-20 Paul’s healing of a man with crippled feet recalls a similar incident in 3:1-12. In Acts, the work of Paul parallels the work of Peter, and the many miraculous signs and wonders performed among the Jews were also performed among the Gentiles.
Note 1 topic: translate-names
Δία
Zeus
The word Zeus is the name of a pagan god who was considered to be the ruler of all the other pagan gods.
Note 2 topic: translate-names
Ἑρμῆν
Hermas
The word Hermes is the name of the pagan god who was thought to bring messages to people from Zeus and the other gods.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
τὸν δὲ Παῦλον, Ἑρμῆν,
¬the ¬the and Paul Hermas
Luke is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and they were calling Paul ‘Hermes,’]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου
the_‹one› leading ˱of˲_the matter
Luke is using the term word to mean the message about Jesus that Paul and Barnabas were sharing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the leader of the message]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου
the_‹one› leading ˱of˲_the matter
Luke is speaking of the message about Jesus as if it were a living thing that Paul could lead. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the main speaker]