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  1. The Historicity of Acts 12 and the Death of Herod Agri

    Before we get to the primary event (i.e., the death of Herod Agrippa I at the end of Acts 12), it is worth briefly noting the context leading up to it. The chapter opens with Herod enacting a period of formal persecution against the church, even executing one of the twelve Apostles and imprisoning another: “Now about that time Herod the king laid h...

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    The chapter concludes with a brief but rich account of the final demise of Herod Agrippa I: “On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the rostrum and began delivering an address to them. The people kept crying out, ‘The voice of a god and not of a man!’ And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he d...

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    There certainly are noteworthy differences between the two accounts. Josephus’ flowery and dramatic telling likelycontains some embellishment, yet even this need not be the case. The two accounts are not contradictory. Indeed, the differences make it even clearer that the essential story is true! Josephus describes a festival in honor of Caesar. Th...

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    As with the Rabbinic writings, Josephus consistently presents a positive view of Herod Agrippa I. (Indeed, so did the first-century Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria (Against Flaccus, Chapters 5-6). There seems to have been a very widespread approval of Herod Agrippa I by the Jews of his day) Even while reluctantly reporting the above account, Jose...

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    The Book of Acts is a reliable work of history. We do not need outside sources or authorities to verify the events it reports. Yet, as is often the case, God graciously condescends to leave us with even more than we ought to require. In this case, we have the additional independent testimony of another first-century scholar that corroborates the st...

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