22 But the people began to call out loudly,[a] “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down because[b] he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and[c] died. 24 But the word of God kept on increasing[d] and multiplying.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:22 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to call out loudly”)
  2. Acts 12:23 Literally “in return for which”
  3. Acts 12:23 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“was”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Acts 12:24 This imperfect verb has been translated as customary (“kept on increasing”)