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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52618" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52618" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> MERCURY </strong> stands in the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] for the Gr. <em> | <p> <strong> MERCURY </strong> stands in the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] for the Gr. <em> Hermes </em> in Acts 14:12 . Hermes, as the spokesman of the gods, was regarded by the [[Greeks]] as the god of eloquence. Hence, when Paul and [[Barnabas]] healed the cripple at Lystra, the former was hailed as Hermes, ‘because he was the chief speaker.’ The identification of Hermes with Mercury was due to another attribute. As the messenger of the gods, Hermes was the god who brought good fortune to men. Mercury was the Roman god of commerce (cf. <em> merx, mercari </em> ), and success in commerce was attributed to him. Hence the mythology of the two was confused. </p> <p> A. E. Hillard. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16707" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16707" /> == | ||
<p> A fabulous god of the ancient heathen, the messenger of the celestials, and the deity that presided over learning, eloquence, and traffic. The | <p> A fabulous god of the ancient heathen, the messenger of the celestials, and the deity that presided over learning, eloquence, and traffic. The Greeks named him Hermes, interpreter, because they considered him as the interpreter of the will of the gods. Probably it was for this reason that he people of Lystra, having heard Paul preach, and having seen him heal a lame man, would have offered sacrifice to him as to their god Mercury; and to Barnabas as Jupiter, because of his venerable aspect, Acts 14:11-12 . </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73914" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73914" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76753" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76753" /> == | ||
<p> The | <p> The Roman name for the Greek Hermes, the son of [[Jupiter]] and Maia, the messenger of the gods, the patron of merchants and travellers, and the conductor of the souls of the dead to the nether world. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16236" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16236" /> == | ||
