ACTS 12:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
“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.”
He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. Having secured the support of Blastus, a trusted personal attendant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king's country for their food.'—the political subplot shows Herod arbitrating regional disputes; Tyre and Sidon (Phoenician cities) depend on Judean grain. Blastus's intermediary role shows court-power structures. The supplication suggests Herod's political importance.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse