Acts 12:22
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
KJV
ὁ δὲ δῆμος ἐπεφώνει, θεοῦ φωνὴ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώπου.
Greek NT
Populus autem acclamabat : Dei voces, et non hominis.
Vulgate
And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.
ASV
And the people made acclamation, saying: It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δῆμος
demos
noun · 4×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐπιφωνέω
epiphoneo
verb · 4×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Θεοῦ φωνὴ | WH/Treg/NIV: Θεοῦ φωνὴ | RP: Φωνὴ θεοῦ
- Θεοῦ φωνὴ — SBLGNT
- Θεοῦ φωνὴ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Φωνὴ θεοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Many prophets and righteous men (it is said) have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them. Matthew 13:17 Did then those righteous men know all the things to come? Yea, most certainly. For if because of the weakness of those who were not able to receive Him, the Son was not revealed, — …
1. The consequences of the king's undertaking against the apostles were not long deferred, but the avenging minister of divine justice overtook him immediately after his plots against them, as the Book of Acts records. For when he had journeyed to Cæsarea, on a notable feast-day, clothed in a splendid and royal garment, he delivered an address to the people from a lofty throne …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:7 — For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
- 1Thess 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Acts 14:10 — Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
- Acts 14:11 — And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
- Acts 28:6 — Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a go
- Dan 6:7 — All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever sh
- Ezek 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a
- Gen 3:5 — For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
- Isa 14:15 — Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
- Isa 31:3 — Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and th
- Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Job 32:21 — Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
- Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
- Prov 27:14 — He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
- Prov 28:4 — They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
- Prov 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
- Ps 9:20 — Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
- Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Ps 37:36 — Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Ps 92:8 — But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
- Ps 138:6 — Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
- Rev 13:4 — And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?