Category:Jupiter

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Jupiter - The principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans. He was worshipped by them under various epithets. Barnabas was identified with this pagan god by the Lycaonians - which upset him and Paul - (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 (Acts 14:13).