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Acts 14:11

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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.
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  1. Acts 28:6Rank 1 from verse 11
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    6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

  2. Acts 8:10Rank 2 from verse 11
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    10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

  3. Acts 12:22Rank 3 from verse 11
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    22And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

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Acts 14:11

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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speech

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1. Spoken words, discourse, or a message communicated in words. 2. The manner, quality, or ability of speaking. 3. A language or dialect.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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likeness

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Resemblance, similarity, correspondence, form, appearance, image, or representation by which one person or thing is like another.

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10Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

11And 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.

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12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

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