 | William Allen (of Peel.) - Sermons, English - 1835 - 426 pages
...envy. When he spoke, his flatterers cried out that " it was the voice of a God and not of a man." " And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because...and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost." All the grandeur of this world, — particularly when it is sullied with crimes, — is unworthy of... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...shout of blasphemous applause from the multitude, is immediately smitten by the angel of the Lord, " because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost." All these instances, and many more recited in Scripture, prove with irresistible force, that whereever... | |
 | Edward Crook - 1836 - 282 pages
...oration unto the people, and the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man, and immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because...glory, and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost ; therefore we see sin cannot go unpunished. (Acts xii.) Now, because there is wrath, beware lest he... | |
 | 1836 - 900 pages
...from Tyre and Sidon, and the people gave a shout saying, it is the voice of a god and not of a man ; and immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because...and he was eaten of worms and gave up the ghost." If pride is hateful, vanity is contemptible. Vanity is not the reverse of pride, it is its diminutive.... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Biography & Autobiography - 1967 - 770 pages
...an oration to them." "And the people gave a shout, saying, it is the voice of a God, not of a man." "And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him,...and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost." I might go on multiplying cases from the sacred volume, in aid of those already referred to. We may... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him,...and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. FOCUS UPON PAUL 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from... | |
 | Dick Iverson, Ray Grant - Religion - 1984 - 172 pages
...oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because...and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. (Acts 12:21-23) That comet-like feeling of being able to dazzle people with elocution is as momentary... | |
 | John R. Rice - Religion - 2000 - 568 pages
...Acts 12, and after a great popular acclaim over his oration, we read of Herod Agrippa I in Acts 12:23 --"And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him,...he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost." And that indicates that God held even that Herod to account more than He would an ignorant man who did... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Religion - 1980 - 600 pages
...oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, ' It is the voice of a god, and not of a man,' And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because...and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost." (v. xx. 23.) * * But see how (the writer) here does not hide these things.8 Why does he mention this... | |
 | Alfred Marshall - Bibles - 1992 - 834 pages
...oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying. It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him....and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 * But the word of God grew and multiplied. 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when... | |
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And the people gave a shout, saying, "It is the voice of a god and not of a man." And immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 
