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Acts 14:12

WEB

12They called Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, because he was the chief speaker.

KJV

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

BSB

12Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

FBV

12They identified Barnabas as the Greek god Zeus, and Paul as the god Hermes because he was one who did most of the talking.

Extra References

Acts 19:35

35When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?