. Daily Bible illustrations : being original readings for a year, on subjects from sacred history, biography, georgaphy, antiquities, and theology : Especially designed for the family circle. cles of heathendom. That the gods did often visit earth inthe likeness of men was a cherished belief, and indeed thepopular mythology abounded in instances of this, not all ofthem, nor indeed many of them, creditable to the gods them-selves. Taking Paul and Barnabas to be gods, the Lystrians soonsettled what gods they were. Jupiter (Zeus) was the tutelarygod of their city, and they had a temple, or at lea
. Daily Bible illustrations : being original readings for a year, on subjects from sacred history, biography, georgaphy, antiquities, and theology : Especially designed for the family circle. cles of heathendom. That the gods did often visit earth inthe likeness of men was a cherished belief, and indeed thepopular mythology abounded in instances of this, not all ofthem, nor indeed many of them, creditable to the gods them-selves. Taking Paul and Barnabas to be gods, the Lystrians soonsettled what gods they were. Jupiter (Zeus) was the tutelarygod of their city, and they had a temple, or at least a statuededicated to him. It was natural, therefore, to suppose thatone of the two was Jupiter, who had come to visit and blesshis own place. One might imagine that since Paul was themore active and prominent person of the two, and that it wasindeed at his word the cripple had been healed, they wouldhave selected him for Jupiter. They did, however, fix onBarnabas, perhaps because he was of huge athletic personand venerable presence, answering better than Paul to thatidea of the father of gods and men, which the sculptors hadembodied in marble. The curious cut here introduced repre-. sents Zeus under that aspect—as tutelary or guardian deity(Jupiter Custos)—in which he was worshipped by the Lys- 280 FOUTY-EJGHTH WEEK TUESDAY.
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