Acts 12:23 · WEB
“Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.”
— Acts 12:23
Era
Early Church (~50 AD)
Emotion
grieving
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
divine judgmentpride
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