Hechos 12:21

21 El día señalado, Herodes, ataviado con su ropaje real y sentado en su trono, le dirigió un discurso al pueblo.

Hechos 12:21 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 12:21

And upon a set day
Either on some feast day of divine appointment, as a feast day was by the Jews called (dewm) , "a stated day"; or on some day appointed by Herod, for the receiving of the ambassadors of Tyre and Sidon, and of hearing their petitions; or as Josephus ^F18 says, it was on the second day of the sports and plays, instituted by him in honour of Caesar:

Herod, arrayed in royal apparel;
the same Jewish historian in the same place says, that this his apparel was all of silver, and of a wonderful contexture; and that going in this very early in the morning into the theatre, the silver shone so with the rays of the rising sun, that it struck the spectators with terror and admiration:

sat upon his throne;
and very likely with the other ensigns of royalty, as a crown on his head, and a sceptre in his hand:

and made an oration unto them;
either unto the ambassadors from Tyre and Sidon, or rather unto the common people, the multitude that were gathered together in the theatre, where the above historian says he was.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Antiqu. l. 19, c. 8. sect 2.

Hechos 12:21 In-Context

19 Herodes hizo averiguaciones, pero al no encontrarlo, les tomó declaración a los guardias y mandó matarlos. Después viajó de Judea a Cesarea y se quedó allí.

20 Herodes estaba furioso con los de Tiro y de Sidón, pero ellos se pusieron de acuerdo y se presentaron ante él. Habiéndose ganado el favor de Blasto, camarero del rey, pidieron paz, porque su región dependía del país del rey para obtener sus provisiones.

21 El día señalado, Herodes, ataviado con su ropaje real y sentado en su trono, le dirigió un discurso al pueblo.

22 La gente gritaba: «¡Voz de un dios, no de hombre!»

23 Al instante un ángel del Señor lo hirió, porque no le había dado la gloria a Dios; y Herodes murió comido de gusanos.