Acts 12:22

NETBible

But the crowd 1  began to shout, 2  “The voice of a god, 3  and not of a man!”

NIV ©

They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man."

NASB ©

The people kept crying out, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"

NLT ©

The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, "It is the voice of a god, not of a man!"

MSG ©

The people played their part to the hilt and shouted flatteries: "The voice of God! The voice of God!"

BBE ©

And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.

NRSV ©

The people kept shouting, "The voice of a god, and not of a mortal!"

NKJV ©

And the people kept shouting, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"

KJV
And
<1161>
the people
<1218>
gave a shout
<2019> (5707)_,
[saying, It is] the voice
<5456>
of a god
<2316>_,
and
<2532>
not
<3756>
of a man
<444>_.
NASB ©
The people
<1218>
kept crying
<2019>
out, "The voice
<5456>
of a god
<2316>
and not of a man
<444>
!"
NET [draft] ITL
But
<1161>
the crowd
<1218>
began to shout
<2019>
, “The voice
<5456>
of a god
<2316>
, and
<2532>
not
<3756>
of a man
<444>
!”
GREEK
o
<3588>
T-NSM
de
<1161>
CONJ
dhmov
<1218>
N-NSM
epefwnei
<2019> (5707)
V-IAI-3S
yeou
<2316>
N-GSM
fwnh
<5456>
N-NSF
kai
<2532>
CONJ
ouk
<3756>
PRT-N
anyrwpou
<444>
N-GSM
NETBible

But the crowd 1  began to shout, 2  “The voice of a god, 3  and not of a man!”

NET Notes

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.