Acts 12:22

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

Ps 12:2; Da 6:7; Ac 14:10-13; Jude 1:16; Re 13:4

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.