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The apostolic church

Herod Agrippa I dies at Caesarea

AD 44Ussher date

Acts 12:19–24

At Caesarea, Herod Agrippa appeared in royal robes and gave a speech; the crowd shouted that it was the voice of a god. Because he did not give God the glory, he was struck down and died.

But the word of God grew and multiplied.

Acts 12:24 (World English Bible)

Josephus tells the same story: at games in honor of the emperor, Agrippa's silver robe shone in the morning sun, flatterers called him a god, and he was seized with violent pains and died five days later. Luke simply adds that the word of God kept growing and spreading.

Places

JudeaCaesarea

Ancient witnesses outside the Bible

Historical sources, not Scripture.

Dating notes

AD 44 in Ussher and in most histories, in the third year of his rule over all Judea (Josephus).

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