Acts 12:21
On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.
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21 But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.
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22 Agrippa said to Festus,“I would also like to hear the man myself.”“Tomorrow,” he replied,“you will hear him.”
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32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.
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20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
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