Act 12:21-23 | JFB | STEP | 21. And upon a set day Herod ... made an oration unto them-- to the Tyrians and Sidonians especially.

‏ Acts 12:21-23

21. And upon a set day Herod ... made an oration unto them--to the Tyrians and Sidonians especially.

22-23. the people gave a shout, &c.--Josephus' account of his death is remarkably similar to this [Antiquities, 19.8.2]. Several cases of such deaths occur in history. Thus was this wretched man nearer his end than he of whom he had thought to make a public spectacle.