== 成書におけるゼウス ==
リストラに住む人々は、使徒パウロが足の不自由な人を癒したのを見て、パウロとそのパートナーであるバルナバを神と見なし、パウロをヘルメース、バルナバをゼウスと見立てて、群集と供え物を捧げようとさえした。
Zeus is mentioned in the New Testament twice, first in Acts 14:8–13: When the people living in [[Lystra]] saw the [[Apostle Paul]] heal a lame man, they considered Paul and his partner [[Barnabas]] to be gods, identifying Paul with [[Hermes]] and Barnabas with Zeus, even trying to offer them sacrifices with the crowd. Two ancient inscriptions discovered in 1909 near Lystra testify to the worship of these two gods in that city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblestudytools.com/library/|title=Online Bible Study Tools – Library of Resources|website=biblestudytools.com}}</ref> One of the inscriptions refers to the "priests of Zeus", and the other mentions "Hermes Most Great" and "Zeus the sun-god".<ref>The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, edited by J. Orr, 1960, Vol. III, p. 1944.</ref>