Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Acts 12:23

Context
NET ©

Immediately an angel of the Lord 1  struck 2  Herod 3  down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died. 4 

NIV ©

Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

NASB ©

And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

NLT ©

Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people’s worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.

MSG ©

That was the last straw. God had had enough of Herod's arrogance and sent an angel to strike him down. Herod had given God no credit for anything. Down he went. Rotten to the core, a maggoty old man if there ever was one, he died.

BBE ©

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

NRSV ©

And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

NKJV ©

Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.


KJV
And
<1161>
immediately
<3916>
the angel
<32>
of the Lord
<2962>
smote
<3960> (5656)
him
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because
<473> <3739>
he gave
<1325> (5656)
not
<3756>
God
<2316>
the glory
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and
<2532>
he was
<1096> (5637)
eaten of worms
<4662>_,
and gave up the ghost
<1634> (5656)_.
NASB ©
And immediately
<3916>
an angel
<32>
of the Lord
<2962>
struck
<3960>
him because
<473>
<3739> he did not give
<1325>
God
<2316>
the glory
<1391>
, and he was eaten
<4662>
by worms
<4662>
and died
<1634>
.
GREEK
paracrhma
<3916>
ADV
de
<1161>
CONJ
epataxen
<3960> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
auton
<846>
P-ASM
aggelov
<32>
N-NSM
kuriou
<2962>
N-GSM
any
<473>
PREP
wn
<3739>
R-GPN
ouk
<3756>
PRT-N
edwken
<1325> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
thn
<3588>
T-ASF
doxan
<1391>
N-ASF
tw
<3588>
T-DSM
yew
<2316>
N-DSM
kai
<2532>
CONJ
genomenov
<1096> (5637)
V-2ADP-NSM
skwlhkobrwtov
<4662>
A-NSM
exequxen
<1634> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
NET © [draft] ITL
Immediately
<3916>
an angel
<32>
of the Lord
<2962>
struck
<3960>
Herod
<846>
down
<3960>
because
<473>
he did
<1325>
not
<3756>
give
<1325>
the glory
<1391>
to God
<2316>
, and
<2532>
he was
<1096>
eaten by worms
<4662>
and died
<1634>
.
NET ©

Immediately an angel of the Lord 1  struck 2  Herod 3  down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died. 4 

NET © Notes

tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 5:19.

sn On being struck…down by an angel, see Acts 23:3; 1 Sam 25:28; 2 Sam 12:15; 2 Kgs 19:35; 2 Chr 13:20; 2 Macc 9:5.

tn Grk “him”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

sn He was eaten by worms and died. Josephus, Ant. 19.8.2 (19.343-352), states that Herod Agrippa I died at Caesarea in a.d. 44. The account by Josephus, while not identical to Luke’s account, is similar in many respects: On the second day of a festival, Herod Agrippa appeared in the theater with a robe made of silver. When it sparkled in the sun, the people cried out flatteries and declared him to be a god. The king, carried away by the flattery, saw an owl (an omen of death) sitting on a nearby rope, and immediately was struck with severe stomach pains. He was carried off to his house and died five days later. The two accounts can be reconciled without difficulty, since while Luke states that Herod was immediately struck down by an angel, his death could have come several days later. The mention of worms with death adds a humiliating note to the scene. The formerly powerful ruler had been thoroughly reduced to nothing (cf. Jdt 16:17; 2 Macc 9:9; cf. also Josephus, Ant. 17.6.5 [17.168-170], which details the sickness which led to Herod the Great’s death).



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