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Acts 12:20

American Standard Version

Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king’s country.

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Acts 12:20 in other translations

Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

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Acts 12:20 in context

  1. 18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
  2. 19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and tarried there.
  3. 20Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king’s country.
  4. 21And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.
  5. 22And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.