Read Acts 12.18-25
In verse 20: The exact political and economic relationships between Herod and Tyre and Sidon are otherwise unknown, but Josephus also reports a dramatic account of Herod appearing in radiant garments of woven silver, being acclaimed a god, and dying suddenly (Antiquities 19.343-352).
In verse 22: The acclamation of a ruler as the voice of a god, and not of a mortal is blasphemy (14.11-15).
In verse 23: An angel of the Lord could be an agent of judgment (2 Kings 19.35) as well as rescue (12.7).
In verses 24-25: These verses are another Lukan summary, emphasizing the growing effectiveness of the word of God (see 2.47; 4.4; 6.7; 9.31; 11.24) and the link between Jerusalem and the mission of the church at Antioch (11.27; 13,1).
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