¹⁹ When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he interrogated the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea [Maritima] and spent some time there.

Death of Herod

²⁰ Now Herod [Agrippa I] was ^[a]extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, ^[b]the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country. ²¹ On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in his ^[c]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 ^[d]he was eaten by worms and died [five days later].

²⁴ But the word of the Lord [the good news about salvation through Christ] continued to grow and spread [increasing in effectiveness].