Acts 12:21

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On an appointed day, Herod, dressed in royal robes, sat on the throne and delivered a public address to them.

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  • Acts 12:22
    79%

    22The crowd kept shouting, 'This is the voice of a god, not of a man!'

  • Mark 6:20-22
    3 verses
    77%

    20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard John speak, he was greatly perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.

    21Finally, the opportune time came. On his birthday, Herod gave a banquet for his high officials, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

    22When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, 'Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you.'

  • Acts 12:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

    20Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they came to him, and after persuading Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they sought peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

  • Acts 12:1
    74%

    1Around that time, King Herod laid hands on some from the church to mistreat them.

  • Luke 23:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Then Herod, along with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him. They dressed Him in a splendid robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

    12That very day, Herod and Pilate became friends, for previously they had been enemies.

  • Acts 25:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Then Agrippa said to Festus, 'I would also like to hear this man myself.' 'You will hear him tomorrow,' Festus replied.

    23So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall with the military officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

  • Luke 23:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7Realizing that He was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

    8When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see Him. He had heard about Him and hoped to see Him perform a sign.

    9Herod questioned Him at length, but Jesus gave him no answer.

  • Acts 26:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30The king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up and left.

    31As they were leaving, they began to discuss among themselves, saying, 'This man has done nothing deserving death or imprisonment.'

  • Acts 23:35
    71%

    35he said, 'I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.' Then he ordered him to be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

  • Acts 25:13
    70%

    13After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

  • Matt 14:1
    70%

    1At that time, Herod, the tetrarch, heard the news about Jesus.

  • Matt 14:6
    69%

    6But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and it pleased Herod.

  • Acts 4:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26'The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.'

    27'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

  • Acts 25:6
    69%

    6After spending more than ten days among them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day, he took his seat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought in.

  • Acts 25:17
    68%

    17When they came here, I did not delay, but the next day took my seat at the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

  • Esth 6:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,

    8let them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden, with a royal crown placed on its head.

  • Acts 22:23
    68%

    23As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and flinging dust into the air,

  • Luke 3:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18And in many other ways, with various exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people.

    19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by John about Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and for all the evil things he had done,

  • Matt 2:3
    68%

    3When King Herod heard this, he was deeply troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

  • Matt 22:11
    67%

    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

  • Luke 9:9
    67%

    9But Herod said, 'I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?' And he tried to see him.

  • Mark 6:14
    67%

    14King Herod heard about Jesus, because His name had become well known. Some were saying, 'John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in Him.'

  • Luke 13:31
    67%

    31At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.'

  • Acts 19:32-33
    2 verses
    66%

    32Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in disarray, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

    33The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd gave instructions to him. Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted to make a defense to the assembly.

  • Matt 2:7
    66%

    7Then Herod secretly called the magi and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

  • Acts 24:20-21
    2 verses
    66%

    20Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin.

    21Unless it was for this one statement I made while standing among them: 'It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged before you today.'

  • Esth 6:11
    66%

    11So Haman took the robe and the horse, robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, proclaiming before him: "This is what shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor!"

  • Mark 15:17
    66%

    17They dressed Him in a purple robe, and after twisting together a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him.

  • Acts 26:19
    66%

    19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

  • Acts 21:34
    66%

    34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another. Because the commander could not get at the truth due to the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.

  • Luke 9:7
    66%

    7Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead.

  • Esth 5:1
    66%

    1On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace, facing the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, directly across from the entrance.

  • Mark 6:16
    66%

    16But when Herod heard this, he said, 'John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead.'

  • Luke 20:1
    66%

    1One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, came up to him.

  • Acts 5:27
    66%

    27Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

  • Mark 12:13
    66%

    13Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him in his words.

  • Acts 6:12
    66%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.