Acts 12:21
And at a set day Herod, having arrayed himself in royal apparel, and having sat on the tribunal, he made an oration to them.
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22And the populace shouted, The voice of a god, and not of a man.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:10Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. And all the prophets were prophesying before them.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor [is] humility.
Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they challenge God, and escape.
Acts 25:23Therefore on the morrow, Agrippa and Bernice having come with great pomp, and having entered into the courtroom, and with the chief captains and the men of prominence who were of the city, and Festus who commanded, Paul was brought
Matthew Henry on Acts 12:21-25
The Death of Herod. 20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. 21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave… Read the whole commentary →