Acts 12:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

set. appointed.

royal. Same as "king's", Acts 12:20.

apparel. Josephus (Antiquities XIX. viii. 2) says it was of silver tissue, and glittered resplendently in the sun.

his throne. the throne. Greek. bema. Always translated "judgment seat" except here and Acts 7:5. Compare John 19:13.

made an oration, i.e.. political oration. Greek. demegoreo. Only here.

Acts 12:21

21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.