Then the priest of Jupiter, being before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
But this purpose was not yet manifest, for they spoke in their own tongue, saying, The gods in the likeness of men have come down to us: therefore the Apostle said nothing to them as yet. But when they saw the garlands, then they went out, and rent their garments, Which when the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you.
