Smote him (επαταξεν αυτον). Effective aorist active indicative of πατασσω, old verb, used already in verse 7 of gentle smiting of …

And immediately the angel of the Lord. Diseases and death are, in the Scriptures, often attributed to an angel. See [Reference 2 Samuel 24…

The angel of the Lord smote him. Luke obviously regarded the angel's intervention as the only adequate explanation both o…

Luke’s account of Agrippa’s death is paralleled by a story in Josephus, the Jewish historian of the first century. Both accounts differ from each o…

Immediately he smote him. Just as before, the angel was a minister of God’s grace in the deliverance of Peter, so now he takes vengeance o…

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him
With a disease after mentioned; this angel, according to Josephus, a…

Many pagan princes claimed and received divine honors, but it was far more horrible impiety in Herod, who knew the word and worship of the living G…