Bible Characters & Character Studies
Mercurius
First appears at Acts 14:12
First named in Scripture at Acts 14:12 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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.”
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
