Mercurius in Biblical History

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Who is Mercurius?
MERCU'RIUS
, a character of the Latin mythology, identical with the Greek Hermes, the god of eloquence and lying, of commerce and cheating. An old myth told a story of Jupiter and Mercurius once wandering about unrecognized in Phrygia, and this myth, which probably belonged to the folk-lore of Asia Minor, led the simple people of Lystra to mistake Barnabas and Paul for the two pagan deities. Acts 14:11-13. MER'CY-SEAT was the name of the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant. It was made of gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits broad, and two cherubs, also of gold, were placed one at each end, stretching their wings toward each other, and forming a kind of throne, upon which God was believed to be present in a peculiar manner to hear and answer prayer, and to make known his holy will. Ex 25:17-22; Ex 30:6; Ex 31:7; Ex 37:6-9; 1 Chr 28:11; 2 Chr 6:7, 2 Chr 6:8;Ps 80:1; Ps 99:1. Before and upon the mercy-seat the high priest sprinkled the blood of the sin-offerings on the day of atonement as a propitiation. Lev 16:11-16, which, under the new dispensation, received its typical signification. Heb 9:5; Rom 3:25. See Ark.

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