Zeus and Hermes at Lystra
The specific pairing of Zeus and Hermes that the crowd at Lystra reaches for is attested as a local cult in that district.
Imethibitishwa na ardhiMaandishi ya jiwe2nd–3rd century AD
Acts has the crowd at Lystra shout in Lycaonian that Barnabas is Zeus and Paul Hermes. Inscriptions and a stone altar from the area show Zeus and Hermes worshipped together as a local pair — a combination not common elsewhere.
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
- Kilipatikana
- Near Lystra, central Anatolia, Turkey, 1909 — William Calder and later surveys
- Kinahifadhiwa
- Museums in Konya, Turkey
- Lugha
- Greek and Latin
- Jinsi kilivyotufikia
- Kimefukuliwa, au bado kimesimama pale kilipojengwa.
Kinachoonyesha
The inscriptions are later than Paul's visit; they show the local cult, not the episode.
Jinsi wanahistoria wanavyokitumia
A frequently cited example in the study of Anatolian religion and of Acts' local colour.
Katika Maandiko
Kinahusiana na
Vyanzo
- Calder, "Acts XIV.12", Expository Times 37 (1926); Hemer (1989)
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