ACTS 12:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.”
The people shouted, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man.'—the crowd's acclamation ('This is a god's voice,' phōnē theou kai ouk anthropou, 'a god's voice, not a human's') grants him divine status. Whether from flattery or conviction, the deification of the human ruler is the antithesis of Christian faith; Herod accepts the title uncorrected.
Church Fathers on Acts 12:22
And he went down from Judea to Cæsarea, and there abode: 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. And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, 'It is the voice of a god, and not of a man,'…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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