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A Shout of Pagan Worship
Commentators explain that the crowd, likely composed of Gentiles, was not just applauding but engaging in pagan emperor worship. The Greek indicates they "kept on shouting" this flattery to gain King Herod's favor. They were deifying him in a pagan sense, calling him a god.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 12:22
18th Century
Theologian
And the people gave a shout. A loud applause.
It is the voice of a god, etc. It is not probable that the Jews joi…
AT Robertson
On Acts 12:22
Shouted (επεφωνε). Imperfect active, kept on shouting, calling out to him. Old verb, but only four times in the N.T. and all by Lu…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 12:22
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…
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John Gill
On Acts 12:22
17th Century
Pastor
And the people gave a shout
At the end of the oration; these were flatterers, as Josephus says in the place before r…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 12:20–25
17th Century
Minister
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…