...phraseology, be of course a god. When Paul aud 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...

...unequivocally displays itself in the following authentic example. " And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech...gods are come down to us in the likeness of men." If Christ had been the author of this miracle, the people of Lystra would doubtless have said the same...

...enraptured heathens who, when they heard the words of truth from the lips of inspiration, exclaimed, ' the gods are come down to us in the likeness of men ;' to him, however, the statement was inverted : the speaker seemed to have wrapped himself in the...

...how different their decisions, as circumstances differ, on the'character and conduct t>f each other! "The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men,"* said the Lycannians, full of admiration at the eloquence and miraculous powers of Paul and Barnabas....

...when he had healed the cripple by a mere word of command, the people cried out with exalted voices, " The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men;" immediately they made a Mercury of St.. Paul, they turned Barnabas into Jupiter, and the priests brought...

...Paul and Barnabas healed a cripple at Lystra, the poor Heathens thought that their Gods were come down in the likeness of men : and they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul they called Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. (Acts xiv. 12.) Venus was the Goddess of beauty...

...religion. The Lycaonians at Lystra were guilty of a false judgment, when they said of Paul and Barnabas, The Gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. So also were the Pharisees, when they said of our blessed Lord, We know that thit man is a sinner....

...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...

...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...they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercurius," ie Jupiter's attendant, messenger, and interpreter of his will. Acts xiv. 8, &c. Hermes obeys ; with...

...infirm man in 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." If Christ had been the author of this miracle, the people of that place would doubtless have said the...