Acts 12:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat on the platform, and delivered a public address to them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ On an appointed day Herod arrayed himself in his royal robes, took his seat upon [his] throne, and addressed an oration to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²¹ On the scheduled day Herod dressed himself in royal attire, seated himself on the throne, and gave a speech to the people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Then, on the appointed day, Herod was clothed in kingly apparel, and he sat in the judgment seat, and he gave a speech to them.

Acts 12:21 Cross References

Matthew 27:19

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him.”

Acts 12:20

Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him in a body, and after winning over Blastus, the king’s personal attendant, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

Acts 12:22

The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a mortal!”

1 Kings 22:10

Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

Job 15:21

Terrifying sounds are in their ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon them.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction one’s heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure; the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and all who exult in her.

Malachi 3:15

Now we count the arrogant happy; evildoers not only prosper, but when they put God to the test they escape.”

Acts 24:1

Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney, a certain Tertullus, and they reported their case against Paul to the governor.

Acts 25:23

So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then Festus gave the order and Paul was brought in.