21 And upon a day appointed, Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the judgment seat, and made an oration unto them.

22 [a]And the people gave a shout, saying, The voice of God, and not of man.

23 [b]But immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he [c]gave not glory unto God, so that he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:22 The flattery of the people, maketh fools fain.
  2. Acts 12:23 God resisteth the proud.
  3. Acts 12:23 Josephus recordeth, that this king did not repress those flatterers’ tongues, and therefore at his death he complained and cried out of their vanity.

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