Acts 12:20

King Herod had become displeased with his subjects who lived in Tyre and Sidon on the Mediterranean coast north of Caesarea. Because these towns depended on Galilee, part of King Herod’s country, for their food supply, they were eager to get on his good side again. One writer pointed out parallels between King Herod and the King of Tyre in Ezekiel 27:17; Ezekiel 28:4. [Note: Mark R. Strom, "An Old Testament Background to Acts 12:20-23," New Testament Studies 32:2 (April 1986):289-92.] Blastus, Herod’s chamberlain (Gr. koitonos), was one of the king’s trusted servants.