Is Zeus in the Bible

Answer 1

Many sources state the following:

According to Greek mythology, Zeus is a god who is regarded to be a king of all gods and a ruler of mount Olympus, which is the highest mountain in Greece.

Zeus controls the sky and the power of thunder, lightning and is often associated with symbols of the thunderbolt, oak tree, and the eagle bull.

The Greek mythology seems not to refer to Zeus as a creator or as the ruler of the Heavens.

Yahweh is our Heavenly Father and Creator.

Yahweh is not a god but he is God and the only creator (Bible - Isaiah 46:9). He is not a spirit but he is spirit. (John 4:24)

The Bible also states that him alone is Lord and that apart from him, there's no God. (Isaiah 45:5)

Yahweh is not the translation of the word "god". Yahweh is the name of our Creator!

Yahweh is God of Israel (Elohim) as the Bible testifies.

Answer 2

Yes - twice. In Acts of the Apostles, he is mentioned by name, and in Mark's Gospel there is an indirect comparison of Jesus to Zeus, the greatest god in Greek mythology.

In Acts chapter 14, Paul and Barnabas are at Lystra, where they see a man who had been crippled from birth. Paul commands him to stand up, and he leapt up and walked. When the people saw what Paul had done, they called Barnabas "Zeus" (translated as Jupiter, the Latin equivalent, in some English Bibles) and called Paul "Hermes."

Mark's Gospel uses an ancient literary device, known as a parallel structure, that encompasses the entire gospel, to develop themes that would not otherwise be apparent. In the following summary of this structure, ancient Greeks familiar with their mythology would have recognised a subtle comparison in pair K:

A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)

B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)

C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)

D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)

E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)

F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)

G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)

H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.

-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)

I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)

J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)

K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)

L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)

M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up

N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)

O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority

P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)

Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)

R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)

S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)

T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)

U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)

V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)

W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)

X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.

B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)

C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)

D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)

E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)

F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)

G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)

H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)

I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)

J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)

K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)

L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)

M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die

N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)

O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority

P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)

Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)

X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)

-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking

R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)

S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)

T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)

U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)

V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)

-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes

W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)

A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)

Mark uses the storm in verses 4:36-41 (event K) to remind readers that James and John are the 'sons of thunder' (the name he had just given them in 3:17). In verse 10:37 (event K'), the sons of thunder ask to be seated on the left hand and right hand of Jesus in heaven, a request that associates the brothers with Castor and Polydeuces, sons of Zeus the thunderer, who were often portrayed as seated on the right hand and left hand of Zeus. By comparing John and James with Castor and Polydeuces, the author has compared Jesus with Zeus, the greatest of the Greek gods in mythology.