Acts 12:22

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

The people began shouting, “His is the voice of a god and not a man.”

Cross References

Revelation 13:4

And they [all] worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to wage war against him?”

Jude 1:16

These people are gripers and complainers, living according to their own [evil] desires, whose mouths speak boastfully, and who show partiality [toward certain people] to gain some advantage.

Acts 12:21

And then, on a particular day, Herod, dressed in his royal robes, delivered a speech [to the people] from his throne.

Acts 12:23

Suddenly, an angel from God struck him [with a terrible condition] because he refused to honor God [by what he said in his speech], so he was consumed by worms and died.