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Acts 12:23Acts.12.23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Au même instant, un ange du Seigneur le frappa, parce qu'il n'avait pas donné gloire à Dieu. Et il expira, rongé des vers.

KJV

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 163 (Migne)

    vindicare voluit, Herodem hujuscemodi mortem subire permisit sicut Actuum apostolorum libro dicitur (Act. XII, 23) . Videns autem Herodes quia beati Jacobi mors placeret Judaeis, apprehendit Petrum apostolum et misit in carcerem: qui angelo Domini ducente illaesus nocte evasit; f…

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