Acts 12:19-25

New King James Version

¹⁹ But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death.

And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

Herod’s Violent Death

²⁰ Now Herod had been very angry with the people of ^(A)Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus ^[a]the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because ^(B)their country was ^[b]supplied with food by the king’s country.

²¹ So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. ²² And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” ²³ Then immediately an angel of the Lord ^(C)struck him, because ^(D)he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and ^[c]died.

²⁴ But ^(E)the word of God grew and multiplied.

Barnabas and Saul Appointed

²⁵ And ^(F)Barnabas and Saul returned ^[d]from Jerusalem when they had ^(G)fulfilled their ministry, and they also ^(H)took with them ^(I)John whose surname was Mark.