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Mercurius

The Hermes (i.e., “the speaker”) of the Greeks (Acts 14:12), a heathen God represented as the constant attendant of Jupiter, and the god of eloquence. The inhabitants of Lystra took Paul for this god because he was the “chief speaker.”

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread. Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).