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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"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. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker." But this purpose was not yet manifest, for they spake in their own tongue, saying, "The gods in the likeness of men are come down to us": therefore the Apostle said nothing to them as yet.
Theophylact of Ohrid
"And the people, having seen what Paul had done." Notice, on the one hand, the simple-heartedness of the pagans, and on the other, the craftiness of the Jews. The former honored the apostles as gods, while the latter persecuted them as destroyers of order.
Western Saints
Bede
The gods, likened to men, have come down to us. The foolish error of the Gentiles, who think that whatever they see above themselves are gods.
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