Acts 12:22 Cross References - NSB

²² The people shouted: »It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.«

² People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)

⁷ »All the governors of the kingdom, the deputies and the governors, the counselors consulted together to establish a royal statute. They made a strong decree, that whoever prays to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions.

¹⁰ said with a loud voice: »Stand up on your feet!« And he leaped up and walked. ¹¹ Seeing what Paul did, the crowd lifted up their voice, saying in Lycaonian: »The gods have come down to us, becoming like men.« ¹² They called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³ Then the priest of Jupiter whose temple was there in the city, brought cattle and garlands to the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

¹⁶ These murmur, complain, and walk after their lusts, they speak arrogantly, flattering people to gain advantage.

⁴ Men worshiped the dragon that gave power to the beast. They worshiped the beast, saying: »Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?«