Text -- Acts 12:22 (NET)

12:22 But the crowd began to shout, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 12:22

¹ tn The translation “crowd” is given by BDAG 223 s.v. δῆμος; the word often means a gathering of citizens to conduct public business. Here it is simply the group of people gathered to hear the king’s speech.

² tn The imperfect verb ἐπεφώνει (epefwnei) is taken ingressively in the sequence of events. Presumably the king had started his speech when the crowd began shouting.

³ sn The voice of a god. Contrast the response of Paul and Barnabas in Acts 14:13-15.