Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:22

22 Bǎixìng hǎn zhe shuō , zhè shì shén de shēngyīn , bú shì rén de shēngyīn .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:22 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 12:22

And the people gave a shout
At the end of the oration; these were flatterers, as Josephus says in the place before referred to, who cried out one from another, saluting him as God; saying, be merciful to us, hitherto we have revered thee as a man, henceforward we confess thee somewhat more excellent than mortal nature: and so it follows here,

saying it is the voice of a God, and not of a man;
the Vulgate Latin version reads, "the voices of God and not men"; and the Ethiopic version, "the city shouted in, or with the voice of God", with the voice of man; as if this referred to the acclamation of the people, and not the speech of the king; very wrongly.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 12:22 In-Context

20 Xīlǜ nǎonù Tuīluó Xīdùn de rén . tāmen nà yī kuaì dìfang , shì cóng wáng de dì tǔ dé liáng , yīncǐ jiù tuō le wáng de neì shì chén Bólā sī dōu de qíng , yī xīn lái qiú hé .

21 Xīlǜ zaì suǒ déng de rìzi , chuān shàng chaó fù , zuò zaì wèi shàng , duì tāmen jiǎnglùn yī pān .

22 Bǎixìng hǎn zhe shuō , zhè shì shén de shēngyīn , bú shì rén de shēngyīn .

23 Xīlǜ bù guī róngyào gĕi shén , suǒyǐ zhǔ de shǐzhĕ lìkè fá tā . tā beì chóng suǒ yǎo , qì jiù jué le .

24 Shén de dào rì jiàn xīngwàng , yuèfā guǎng chuán .