Acts 14:13 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 14:13

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.

BSB

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ASV

And the priest of Jupiter whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Then the priest of Jupiter - He whose office it was to conduct the worship of Jupiter by offering sacrifices, etc. Which was before their city - The word “which” here refers not to the priest, but to Jupiter. The temple or image of Jupiter was in front of their city, or near the gates. Ancient cities were supposed to be under the protection of particular gods; and their image, or a temple for their worship, was placed commonly in a conspicuous place at the entrance of the city.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The same power of the god of this world which prejudices the carnal mind against truth makes errors and mistakes to find easy admission; and both ways his turn is served. They brought oxen, to be sacrificed to them, and garlands, with which to crown the sacrifices. These garlands were made up of flowers and ribbons; and they gilded the horns of the oxen they sacrificed.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
τε	te	And	G5037 →
ἱερεὺς	hi'ereus	the priest	G2409 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Διὸς	Dios	of Zeus	G2203 →
τοῦ	tou	who	G3588 →
ὄντος	ontos	is being	G1510 →
πρὸ	pro	just outside	G4253 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
πόλεως	poleōs	city	G4172 →
ταύρους	taurous	oxen	G5022 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
στέμματα	stemmata	wreaths	G4725 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
πυλῶνας	pulōnas	gates	G4440 →
ἐνέγκας	enegkas	having brought	G5342 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
ὄχλοις	ochlois	crowds	G3793 →
ἤθελεν	ēthelen	was desiring	G2309 →
θύειν.¶	thuein	to sacrifice.	G2380 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 10:25
As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
leads to
- Revelation 19:10
  So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus.…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 22:8–9
  And I am John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these…
- Matthew 8:2
  Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
- Daniel 2:46
  At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.
- Daniel 2:30
  And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you…
Through
Daniel 2:46
At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.
leads to
- Acts 10:25
  As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
- Ezra 6:10
  Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
- Leviticus 26:31
  I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts