Act 12:22 | RWP | e4.org | Shouted ( επεφωνε ). Imperfect active, kept on shouting, calling out to him. Old verb, but only four times in the N.T. and all by Luke. The heathen crowd ( δημος ) repeated their flattering adulation to gain Herod's favour. The voice of a god ( θεου φωνη ). In the pagan sense of emperor worship, not as the Supreme Being. But it was pleasing to Herod Agrippa's vanity.

‏ Acts 12:22

Shouted ( επεφωνε ). Imperfect active, kept on shouting, calling out to him. Old verb, but only four times in the N.T. and all by Luke. The heathen crowd ( δημος ) repeated their flattering adulation to gain Herod's favour.

The voice of a god ( θεου φωνη ). In the pagan sense of emperor worship, not as the Supreme Being. But it was pleasing to Herod Agrippa's vanity.