Acts 14:12

14:12 They began to call ¹  Barnabas Zeus ²  and Paul Hermes, ³  because he was the chief speaker.

Acts 26:2

26:2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, ⁴  I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

[14:12]  ¹ tn The imperfect verb ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

[14:12]  ² sn Zeus was the chief Greek deity, worshiped throughout the Greco-Roman world (known to the Romans as Jupiter).

[14:12]  ³ sn Hermes was a Greek god who (according to Greek mythology) was the messenger of the gods and the god of oratory (equivalent to the Roman god Mercury).

[26:2]  ⁴ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.