Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
they called Barnabas, Jupiter—the father of the gods, from his commanding mien (CHRYSOSTOM thinks).
and Paul, Mercurius—the god of eloquence and the messenger and attendant of Jupiter, in the heathen mythology.
in the speech of Lycaonia—whether a corruption of the Greek tongue, which was well enough understood in this region, or the remains of some older tongue, is not known.
The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men—the language of an unsophisticated people. But "that which was a superstition in Lycaonia, and for which the whole "creation" groaned, became a reality at Bethlehem" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 14:12:
Acts 14:8-10
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