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Pagan Deities in the New Testament
Deity | Reference | Note |
Moloch | Quotation of Amos 5:25–27 (LXX) | |
Rephan | Quotation of Amos 5:25–27 (LXX) | |
The god called “Great” | — | |
Herod Agrippa I declared a god | — | |
Zeus | The people of Lystra mistook Barnabas for Zeus | |
Hermes | The people of Lystra mistook Paul for Hermes | |
“An Unknown God” | Paul asserted this is the God of Israel | |
Artemis | Acts 19:23, 27, 28, 34, 35 | There was a large temple dedicated to Artemis in Ephesus |
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