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Acts 12:22

Context
12:22 But the crowd 1  began to shout, 2  “The voice of a god, 3  and not of a man!”

1 tn The translation “crowd” is given by BDAG 223 s.v. δῆμος; the word often means a gathering of citizens to conduct public business. Here it is simply the group of people gathered to hear the king’s speech.

2 tn The imperfect verb ἐπεφώνει (epefwnei) is taken ingressively in the sequence of events. Presumably the king had started his speech when the crowd began shouting.

3 sn The voice of a god. Contrast the response of Paul and Barnabas in Acts 14:13-15.



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