Day 63 — Herod's Death (Acts 12:20-25) | June 27

Herod put on a silver robe, stepped into the morning sun, and let a crowd call him a god. He didn't correct them. An angel struck him down, and he was eaten by worms. The man who had just been hailed as divine died in agony, consumed from within. Luke's reason is devastating in its simplicity: "because he did not give the glory to God." At the beginning of this chapter, James was dead, Peter was imprisoned, and Herod was powerful. At the end, Peter is free, Herod is dead, and the word of God is flourishing. In this episode, we reach the turning point of Acts. The first half closes, and the gospel is about to go global. No king, no prison, no persecution will be able to stop it.