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.

24 [d]And the [e]word of God grew, and multiplied.

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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.
  4. Acts 12:24 Tyrants build up the Church by plucking it down.
  5. Acts 12:24 They that heard the word of God.

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