Acts 12:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.”
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“On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 12:21 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 22:10Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
- Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
- Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Acts 24:1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- Acts 25:23The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
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