Acts 14 Scofield
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“Mercurius”
Gr. Hermes.
14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
“ordained”
(Greek - μάγος, to designate by stretching out (or pointing with) the hand).
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14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
“Jupiter”
Latin for Gr. Zeus, the national god of the Greeks.