ACTS 14:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.”
The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the gates because he wanted to offer sacrifices to them — the priest's attempt to honor them with sacrifice (thurein) creates an ironic crisis: the very acts intended to honor the apostles embody pagan religion that contradicts Christian monotheism. The bulls represent costly sacrifice, showing how seriously the priest took the supposed theophany.
Church Fathers on Acts 14:13
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. Acts 14:11-13 But this purpose was not yet manifest, for they spoke in their own…
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