Acts 12:18-25

New American Standard Bible

¹⁸ Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to ^[a]what could have become of Peter. ¹⁹ When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they ^(A)be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to ^(B)Caesarea and was spending time there.

Death of Herod

²⁰ Now he was very angry with the people of ^(C)Tyre and Sidon; and with one mind they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because ^(D)their country was supported with grain from the king’s country. ²¹ On an appointed day, after putting on his royal apparel, Herod took his seat on the ^[b]rostrum and began delivering an address to them. ²² The people repeatedly cried out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” ²³ And immediately ^(E)an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and ^[c]died.

²⁴ But ^(F)the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied.

²⁵ And ^(G)Barnabas and ^(H)Saul returned ^(I)when they had fulfilled their ^[d]mission to Jerusalem, taking along with them ^(J)John, who was also called Mark.