And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
Ver. 21. And upon a set day] When there were solemn shows and plays acted in honour of Caesar. God picks out his time to be avenged on his enemies, then when it may be most for his glory and their utter confusion.
Herod arrayed in royal apparel] In cloth of silver, saith Josephus, which being beaten upon by the sunbeams, dazzled the people's eyes, and drew from them that blasphemous acclamation, Hunc homines decorant, quem vestimenta decorant, ειματα ανηρ. The most (as it is said of the Bohemian cur) fawn upon a good suit. It was a fault of old, James 2:3 .