A moment in scripture
Acts 12:20
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
The surrounding passage
- Acts 12:18
Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
- Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.
- Acts 12:21
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
- Acts 12:22
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.