Difference between revisions of "Zeus"

 Acts 14:8-12[[Greece]][[Pagan Gods]]

<p> ''''' zūs ''''' ( Ζεύς , <i> ''''' Zeús ''''' </i> , the Revised Version margin; the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version Jupiter ): The supreme god of Hellenic theology, "king of gods and of men." In 168 Bc A ntiochus Epiphanes, "who on God's altars danced," bent upon the thorough Hellenization of [[Judea]] and Jerusalem, sent "an old man of Athens" (or "Geron an Athenian," the Revised Version margin) to pollute the sanctuary in the temple at [[Jerusalem]] and to call it by the name of Jupiter Olympius, and that at [[Gerizim]] by the name of Jupiter Xenius (&nbsp;2 [[Maccabees]] 6:1 ff). Olympius, from Mt. Olympus, the home of the gods, is the favorite epithet of Zeus, [[Zeus]] [[Olympius]] being to the Greek world what Jupiter [[Capitolinus]] was to the Roman. The same [[Antiochus]] commenced the splendid temple of Zeus Olympius, finished under Hadrian. Zeus is also frequently styled Xenius or "Protector of strangers" ( <i> Juppiter hospitalis </i> ) in classical literature. The epithet is here applied because the people of Gerizim - the [[Samaritans]] - were hospitable, probably an ironical statement of the author (compare &nbsp; Luke 9:52 f). Zeus is also in &nbsp; Acts 14:12 f the Revised Version margin for [[Jupiter]] (which see). </p>