Acts 12:22

"The people kept crying out" The verb tense shows that they kept it up. "The voice of. god and not. man" And this is exactly the type of praise and false flattery that Herod so earnestly wanted. This was probably proclaimed by the Gentiles in the audience who would address Caesar in similar language. Yet God holds rulers accountable and expects them not only to rule justly, but also to recognize their place under His rule. Herod does not correct the audience and neither does he reject their impious flattery. Note the contrast between Herod, who longed for such worship, and Peter who immediately rejected it in Acts 10:1.