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Acts 14:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 13 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance of the city, brought bulls and garlands* to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifices with the crowds.

Acts 14:13

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 13 ὅ The τε and ἱερεὺς priest τοῦ of the Διὸς Zeus τοῦ the (one) ὄντος being πρὸ before τῆς the πόλεως city ταύρους bulls καὶ and στέμματα garlands ἐπὶ upon τοὺς the πυλῶνας gates ἐνέγκας having brought σὺν together with τοῖς the ὄχλοις crowds ἤθελεν was desiring θύειν. to be sacrificing.

Acts 14:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 13 And the priest of Zeus, whose [temple] was before the city,* brought bulls and garlands to the gates and was desiring to offer sacrifices+ with the crowds.

Acts 14:13

The Bible in Living English
- 13 * And the priest of the temple of Jupiter in front of the city brought bulls and garlands to the gates with the crowds and proposed to sacrifice.

Acts 14:13

American Standard Version
- 13 And the priest of Jupiter whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.

Acts 14:13

The Emphasized Bible
- 13 Also the priest of the Jupiter that was before the city bringing bulls and garlands unto the gates with the multitudes would have offered sacrifice.

Acts 14:13

King James Version
- 13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

Acts Study Notes—Chapter 14

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 14:13
  
  garlands: Or “wreaths.” The priest of Zeus may have intended to put these garlands on the heads of Paul and Barnabas, as was sometimes done to idols, or on themselves and the sacrificial animals. Such garlands were generally made of foliage and flowers, though some were made of wool.