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21 On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in his [a]royal robes, sat on his throne (tribunal, rostrum) and began delivering a speech to the people. 22 The assembled people kept shouting, “It is the voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 And at once an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give God the glory [and instead permitted himself to be worshiped], and [b]he was eaten by worms and died [five days later].

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:21 The Jewish historian Josephus describes this as a glittering silver garment.
  2. Acts 12:23 Herod’s painful death over a five day period in a.d. 44 is recorded by Josephus, the Jewish historian.

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