Acts 12:23 Parallel Translations

Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

ASV:

And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

BBE:

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

DBY:

And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.

ERV:

And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

WEY:

Instantly an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the glory to God, and being eaten up by worms, he died.

WBS:

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and died.

WEB:

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

YLT:

and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

Acts 12:23 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 24:16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough! Now relax your hand!" And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Kings 19:35 Then it happened that night that the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead.

Acts 5:19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:23 {11} And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he {e} gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
(11) God resists the proud.
(e) Josephus records that this king did not repress the flatterer's tongues, and therefore at his death he complained and cried out about their empty praise.

PNT:

12:23 The angel of the Lord smote him. Josephus says he lingered five days in great agony. This harmonizes with Luke's account.
He was eaten of worms. Josephus says he was taken with abdominal pains; Luke explains the cause. The disease is by no means unknown. Many cases of death from the same cause are on record. Among others the Emperor Galerius, the predecessor of Constantine the Great, so died.

WES:

12:23 And immediately - God does not delay to vindicate his injured honour; an angel of the Lord smote him - Of this other historians say nothing: so wide a difference there is between Divine and human history! An angel of the Lord brought out Peter; an angel smote Herod. Men did not see the instruments in either case. These were only known to the people of God. Because he gave not glory to God - He willingly received it to himself, and by this sacrilege filled up the measure of his iniquities. So then vengeance tarried not. And he was eaten by worms, or vermin - How changed! And on the fifth day expired in exquisite torture. Such was the event! The persecutor perished, and the Gospel grew and multiplied.

MHC:

12:20-25 Many heathen princes claimed and received Divine honours, but it was far more horrible impiety in Herod, who knew the word and worship of the living God, to accept such idolatrous honours without rebuking the blasphemy. And such men as Herod, when puffed with pride and vanity, are ripening fast for signal vengeance. God is very jealous for his own honour, and will be glorified upon those whom he is not glorified by. See what vile bodies we carry about with us; they have in them the seeds of their own dissolution, by which they will soon be destroyed, whenever God does but speak the word. We may learn wisdom from the people of Tyre and Sidon, for we have offended the Lord with our sins. We depend on him for life, and breath, and all things; it surely then behoves us to humble ourselves before him, that through the appointed Mediator, who is ever ready to befriend us, we may be reconciled to him, lest wrath come upon us to the utmost.

CONC:

Angel Didn't Died Disease Eaten Expired Flesh Ghost Glory Herod Immediately Instantly Messenger Praise Presently Smote Straight Struck Wasted Worms

Angel Died Eaten End Expired Flesh Ghost Glory Herod Immediately Instantly Messenger Praise Presently Smote Straight Struck Wasted Worms

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