They began to call ¹  Barnabas Zeus ²  and Paul Hermes, ³  because he was the chief speaker.

biblegateway Act 14:12

And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

And they began calling Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the _principal speaker_.

biblegateway Act 14:12

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

bibleoremus Act 14:12

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

They called Barnabas Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the spokesman.

biblegateway Act 14:12

And Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

biblegateway Act 14:12

They began to call ¹  Barnabas Zeus ²  and Paul Hermes, ³  because he was the chief speaker.

¹ tn The imperfect verb ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

² sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).

³ sn Hermes was a Greek god who (according to Greek mythology) was the messenger of the gods and the god of oratory (equivalent to the Roman god Mercury).