Acts 14:11-13

When the crowds saw. The people of Lystra were heathen who believed in many gods. Their tradition said the gods often came down in the form of men, and intervened in human affairs. Zeus. The chief of the gods. Barnabas must have been more impressive than Paul (compare 2 Corinthians 10:10). Hennes. The spokesman for the gods. [Jupiter and Mercurius are the Latin names.] The priest of the god Zeus. He comes to offer worship to those whom the people think to be gods. The sacrificial bulls were decorated with flowers, and the priest wore a wreath of flowers on his head. To the apostles. "Apostle" means "one sent" [by the Holy Spirit]. We use it as a title for the Twelve, but Barnabas and others were also "apostles." It is used to mean those who "represent the churches" (2 Corinthians 8:23).