Of whom do you think when you hear the expression “filled with the Holy Spirit?” Perhaps a prophet of God such as Elijah or John the Baptist calling down judgment? Or Peter at Pentecost?

I too have been filled with the Holy Spirit; yet my words are never recorded in the Bible. Because of the wisdom and insight from the Holy Spirit, I expressed myself with my hands in all kinds of mediums such as gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, in all kinds of craftsmanship. Who am I and who is my capable assistant?

I am a godless man. Do not name any of your children after me. I persecuted the church and put to death James, the brother of John. Then I seized Peter to put him to death also, but he escaped. After this I went to Caesarea from Judea to settle a dispute between the people of Tyre and Sidon and myself. I sat on my throne in my royal robes and made an impressive speech, if I may say so. The people shouted, “This is the voice of a god and not a man.” Immediately I was struck down by an angel of the Lord and was eaten by worms and died, as the Bible says, because I did not give praise to God. Pride goes before a fall. Who am I? 

Ex.31:1–6; 35:30ff.; 38:22ff.; Acts 12.