And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
When the crowd saw what Paul had just done, they started shouting in their local language, 'The gods have come down from heaven and they look just like regular people!'
Sometimes when God shows up through us, people think we're the miracle instead of just the messenger.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Acts, Paul and Barnabas were on their first missionary journey, spreading the Gospel through various cities in the Roman Empire. In Lystra, a city in the region of Lycaonia, Paul performed a miracle by healing a man who had been lame from birth, which led the local people to react with astonishment. The inhabitants, influenced by Greek and Roman pagan traditions, mistakenly thought Paul and Barnabas were gods like Hermes and Zeus who had come down in human form.
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