Bible Characters & Character Studies
Jupiter
First appears at Acts 14:12
First named in Scripture at Acts 14:12 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
the principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans. He was worshipped by them under various epithets. Barnabas was identified with this God by the Lycaonians (Acts 14:12), because he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed Jupiter to be. There was a temple dedicated to this God outside the gates of Lystra (14:13).
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
