Acts 14:12

Jupiter; whom the heathens took for their chief God. Mercury was feigned to be the messenger of their gods, and therefore represented with wings; as also the interpreter of the gods, which caused their applying of his name to Paul.

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

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Acts 14:12