Acts 12:20-22

Living Bible

²⁰ While he was in Caesarea, a delegation from Tyre and Sidon arrived to see him. He was highly displeased with the people of those two cities, but the delegates made friends with Blastus, the royal secretary, and asked for peace, for their cities were economically dependent upon trade with Herod’s country. ²¹ An appointment with Herod was granted, and when the day arrived he put on his royal robes, sat on his throne, and made a speech to them. ²² At its conclusion the people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It is the voice of a god and not of a man!”