What Does Acts 14:12 Mean?

“they called”

to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)

“And”

both or also (properly, as correlation of g2532)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with g1161 (this one, the former, etc.)

“Barnabas”

son of nabas (i.e., prophecy); barnabas, an israelite

“Jupiter”

in the oblique cases there is used instead of it a (probably cognate) name ??? <pronunciation strongs="deece"/>, which is otherwise obsolete; zeus or

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“and”

but, and, etc

“Paul”

(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle

“Mercurius”

hermes, the name of the messenger of the greek deities; also of a christian

“because”

since now, i.e., (of time) when, or (of cause) whereas

“he”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“was”

i (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the chief”

to lead, i.e., command (with official authority); figuratively, to deem, i.e., consider

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“speaker”

something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a