KJV ORIGINAL
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
They said, 'Hey, what are you doing? We're just regular people like you! We're here to tell you to stop chasing after empty things and turn to the real, living God — the one who made the sky, the earth, the oceans, and literally everything in them.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Paul and Barnabas were like 'we're not gods, we're just messengers pointing you to the One who actually made everything.'
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The book of Acts, traditionally attributed to Luke, was written to Theophilus and a broader Greek-speaking audience in the mid-to-late first century CE. It records Paul and Barnabas's response in Lystra when local inhabitants, after witnessing a healing, attempted to worship them
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