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Jupiter
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The supreme god of the heathen Greeks and Romans. He was called the son of Saturn and Ops, and was said to have been born in Crete. The character attributed to him in pagan mythology was a compound of all that is wicked, obscene, and beastly in the catalogue of human crime. Still he was ever described as of noble and dignified appearance and bearing. Barnabas was supposed by the people of Lystra to represent him, Acts 14:12,13 ; 19:35 .
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Jupiter'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/ats/j/jupiter.html. 1859.