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Herod sits in silver-gray and crimson royal clothing as a crowd raises hands in acclaim.
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Acts 12:21-22

Herod Receives Acclaim

Rescue and the Word Spreads · Acts 12

Story guide: Herod addresses the crowd from the tribunal, and they acclaim his voice as divine.

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21On an appointed day, Herod, having put on royal clothing and having sat down on the tribunal, was delivering a public address to them.

22And the crowd kept shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

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