The Word was god.
They thought Paul was god.
The Word was a god
They thought Paul was a god.
I'm sorry. You lost me.
What's the difference again?
Rather, God was the word, looking at it literally. I prefer, when we look at this level, to go as literal as we can.
Regarding Paul, are you thinking of this passage?
Acts 14:11-18 LITV
11) And seeing what Paul did, the crowd lifted up their voice in Lycaonian, saying, The gods have come down to us, becoming like men.
12) And they called Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the leader in speaking.
13) And the priest of Zeus being before their city, carrying bulls and garlands to the gates, he wished to sacrifice along with the crowds.
14) But Paul and Barnabas, the apostles, hearing, tearing their garments, they sprang into the crowd, crying out,
15) and saying, Men, why do you do these things? We also are men of like feelings to you, announcing the gospel to you to turn you from these vanities to the living God, who "made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things in them," Ex. 20:11
16) who in the generations which have passed allowed all the nations to go in their own ways,
17) though indeed He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good, giving rain and fruitful seasons to us from heaven, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
18) And saying these things, they hardly stopped the crowds, that they not sacrifice to them.
Is there a same construction used here?
Much love!