0 Who did the people of Lystra think were the gods Mercury and Jupiter?

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 1 John 4:3

Trivia: According to 1 John 5:16, what sin should you not ask God to forgive?

Who did the people of Lystra think were the gods Mercury and Jupiter?


Paul and Barnabas

When the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius. Acts 14:11
When the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius. Acts 14:11

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