23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down because[a] he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and[b] died. 24 But the word of God kept on increasing[c] and multiplying.

25 So Barnabas and Saul returned to[d] Jerusalem when they[e] had completed their[f] service, having taken along with them[g] John (who is also called Mark).

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:23 Literally “in return for which”
  2. Acts 12:23 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“was”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Acts 12:24 This imperfect verb has been translated as customary (“kept on increasing”)
  4. Acts 12:25 Some manuscripts read “from”
  5. Acts 12:25 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had completed”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Acts 12:25 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  7. Acts 12:25 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation