Herod Agrippa I — Bible person

Son of Aristobulus and Bernice, and grandson of Herod the Great. He was made tetrarch of the provinces formerly held by Lysanias II., and ultimately possessed the entire kingdom of his grandfather, Herod the Great, with the title of king. He put the apostle James the elder to death, and cast Peter into prison (Luke 3:1; Acts 12:1-19). On the second day of a festival held in honour of the emperor Claudius, he appeared in the great theatre of Caesarea. “The king came in clothed in magnificent robes, of which silver was the costly brilliant material. It was early in the day, and the sun’s rays fell on the king, so that the eyes of the beholders were dazzled with the brightness which surrounded him. Voices here and there from the crowd exclaimed that it was the apparition of something divine. And when he spoke and made an oration to them, they gave a shout, saying, ’It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.’ But in the midst of this idolatrous ostentation an angel of God suddenly smote him. He was carried out of the theatre a dying man.” He died (A.D. 44) of the same loathsome malady which slew his grandfather (Acts. 12:21-23), in the fifty-fourth year of his age, having reigned four years as tetrarch and three as king over the whole of Palestine. After his death his kingdom came under the control of the prefect of Syria, and Palestine was now fully incorporated with the empire.

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Selected passages

Show passage in OET: ACT 12:1-4

OET-RV ACT 12:1

12 Around that time, King Herodes (Herod) Agrippas used his power to mistreat some of the believers from the assembly,

OET-RV ACT 12:2

2 and he had Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos), the brother of Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes), executed by the sword.

OET-RV ACT 12:3

3 Then when he saw that it pleased the Jewish religious leaders, he went on to seize Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) during the Flat Bread Celebration.

OET-RV ACT 12:4

4 After being arrested, Kefa was put in prison where he was guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. After the Passover Feast, Herodes planned to display Kefa to the people,

OET-LV ACT 12:1

12 And concerning that the time, Haʸrōdaʸs the king laid _on the his_hands to _mistreat some of _the ones from the assembly.

OET-LV ACT 12:2

2 And he _killed Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), the brother of _Yōannaʸs, with_a_sword.

OET-LV ACT 12:3

3 And having _seen that is pleasing it _the Youdaiōns, he _proceeded to_ also _capture Petros (and those _were the_days of_ the _non-fermented bread),

OET-LV ACT 12:4

4 whom also having _arrested, he _put in prison, having _given _over him to _four squads _of _four of _soldiers to _be _guarding him, wishing after the passover_feast to _bring_ him _up to _the people.

Show passage in OET: ACT 12:20-23

OET-RV ACT 12:20

20 Now King Herodes (Herod) was disputing with the people of Tsor (Tyre) and Tsidon (Sidon), and so they got together and persuaded Blastos, a close personal servant of the king, to be their spokesman in asking for peace because they were dependent on food from the king’s provinces.

OET-RV ACT 12:21

21 On the agreed day, Herodes, dressed in his royal garments and seated on his throne, started to address them.

OET-RV ACT 12:22

22 The crowd shouted out, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.”

OET-RV ACT 12:23

23 Because he didn’t attribute the honour to God, one of the Yahweh’s messengers immediately struck him down and he stopped breathing as a result of a worm infestation.

OET-LV ACT 12:20

20 And he _was raging with_the_Turos/(Tsor) and Sidōn/(Tsīdōn)ians, and with _one _accord they _were _coming to him, and having _persuaded Blastos, who was over the bedchamber of _the king, they _were _requesting peace, because _of that the region of _them to _be _being _nourished by the royal.

OET-LV ACT 12:21

21 And on_the_appointed day, the Haʸrōdaʸs, having _dressed _in the_royal clothing, having _sat _down on the tribunal, was _publicly _addressing to them.

OET-LV ACT 12:22

22 And the public was _crying _out:
The_voice of_a_god, and not of_a_human.

OET-LV ACT 12:23

23 And immediately a_messenger of_the_master struck him, because/for that he_ not _gave the glory to_ the _god, and having _become worm-infested, he _stopped _breathing.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (6)

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