The Death of Herod
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Now Herod had been very angry with the people of o Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king's personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because p their country was supplied with food by the king's country.
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So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them.
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And the people kept shouting, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"
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Then immediately an angel of the Lord q struck him, because r he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.
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But s the word of God grew and multiplied.
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And t Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had u fulfilled their ministry, and they also v took with them w John whose surname was Mark.
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Cross References
Matthew 11:21
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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Cross References
1 Kings 5:11
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
Ezra 3:7
They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
Ezekiel 27:17
Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 25:38
Then it happened, after about ten days, that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.
2 Samuel 24:16
And when the angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "It is enough; now restrain your hand." And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel 24:17
Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, "Surely I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father's house.
2 Kings 19:35
And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
Acts 5:19
But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said.
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Cross References
Psalms 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.
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Cross References
Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Acts 6:7
Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Acts 19:20
So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
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Cross References
Acts 11:30
This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 11:30
This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 13:5
And when they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John as their assistant.
Acts 13:13
Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.
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Cross References
Acts 12:12
So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying.
Acts 15:37
Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark.
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