Acts
12:20 ¶ And Herod was highly displeased
with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having
made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their
country was nourished by the king’s country. 21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal
apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is
the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God
the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from
Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them
John, whose surname was Mark.
There are other
instances in history where men are said to be eaten of worms. In particular,
the Roman historian, Plutarch, in his Lives of Illustrious Men notes that the
Roman tyrant, Sylla, among others, suffered this fate. Similarly, in the
Apocryphal book, Second Maccabees, the evil Antiochus Epiphanes suffers
something very similar. This punishment, this judgment was swift and sudden and
the wicked Herod went to Hell.
Still, God’s word
produced much fruit and Barnabas and Saul took John Mark with them back to
Antioch.
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