Acts 12
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Acts 12:20-22

20Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king’s personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country.

21On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.

22But the crowd began to shout, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

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