Explore the Bible Online

Acts 12:22

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.

Acts 12:22 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 12:22

Theological / Devotional

The people. Gr. dēmos, “the mass of the people”; the pagan populace, assembled in a public place. Luke alone uses this word, and he uses it only in non-Jewish settings.

The voice of a god. Probably in the sense of pagan worship of the emperor, not of a celestial being (see on v. 21).

By SdaBc