ACTS 14:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 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.
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