Acts 12:22-24

The Voice

²² and the people of Tyre and Sidon interrupted with cheers to flatter him.

²³ Herod should have given glory to the true God; but since he vainly accepted their flattery, that very day a messenger of the Lord struck him with an illness. It was an ugly disease, involving putrefaction and worms eating his flesh. Eventually he died.

²⁴ Through all this upheaval, God’s message spread to new frontiers and attracted more and more people.