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people = crowd. Greek. ochlos.
saw. Greek. eidon. Same as "perceive" in Act_14:9.
had done = did.
in the speech of Lycaonia. Greek. Lukaonisti.
gods. App-98.
in the likeness of = likened to.
men. Greek. anthropos. App-123. The Lycaonians were no doubt familiar with the legend of Jupiter and Mercury's visit in disguise to the aged couple, Philemon and Baucis, the scene of which was laid in the neighbouring province of Phrygia. See Ovid, Metam. VIII.