Acts 12:21
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New International Version (©1984)
On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people.

New Living Translation (©2007)
and an appointment with Herod was granted. When the day arrived, Herod put on his royal robes, sat on his throne, and made a speech to them.

English Standard Version (©2001)
On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the rostrum and began delivering an address to them.

International Standard Version (©2008)
Therefore, at a set time Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the royal seat, and made a speech to them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The appointed day came. Herod, wearing his royal clothes, sat on his throne and began making a speech to them.

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

American King James Version
And on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne, and made an oration to them.

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

Bible in Basic English
And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And upon a day appointed, Herod being arrayed in kingly apparel, sat in the judgment seat, and made an oration to them.

Darby Bible Translation
And on a set day, clothed in royal apparel and sitting on the elevated seat of honour, Herod made a public oration to them.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration to them.

Weymouth New Testament
So, on an appointed day, Herod, having arrayed himself in royal robes, took his seat on the tribunal, and was haranguing them;

World English Bible
On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

Young's Literal Translation
and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them,

Geneva Study Bible

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

People's New Testament

12:21 Upon a set day Herod. Josephus (Antiq. 19:8,2) confirms Luke's account. He states why Herod was at Caesarea, speaks of the assembly, the royal robe, the oration, the impious shout of the people, the sudden death of Herod, and pronounces it a judgment.

Wesley's Notes

12:21 And on a set day - Which was solemnized yearly, in honour of Claudius Cesar; Herod, arrayed in royal apparel - In a garment so wrought with silver, that the rays of the rising sun striking upon, and being reflected from it, dazzled the eyes of the beholders. The people shouted, It is the voice of a god - Such profane flattery they frequently paid to princes. But the commonness of a wicked custom rather increases than lessens the guilt of it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

21. And upon a set day Herod . made an oration unto them-to the Tyrians and Sidonians especially.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:20-25 Many heathen princes claimed and received Divine honours, but it was far more horrible impiety in Herod, who knew the word and worship of the living God, to accept such idolatrous honours without rebuking the blasphemy. And such men as Herod, when puffed with pride and vanity, are ripening fast for signal vengeance. God is very jealous for his own honour, and will be glorified upon those whom he is not glorified by. See what vile bodies we carry about with us; they have in them the seeds of their own dissolution, by which they will soon be destroyed, whenever God does but speak the word. We may learn wisdom from the people of Tyre and Sidon, for we have offended the Lord with our sins. We depend on him for life, and breath, and all things; it surely then behoves us to humble ourselves before him, that through the appointed Mediator, who is ever ready to befriend us, we may be reconciled to him, lest wrath come upon us to the utmost.


Acts 12:20 Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king's chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king's country.
Acts 12:22 The people kept crying out, "The voice of a god and not of a man!" (NASB ©1995)

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

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