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“ Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. ”

Acts 12:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now about that time - That is, during the time that the famine existed, or the time when Barnabas and Saul went up to Jerusalem. This was probably about the fifth or sixth year of the reign of Cl...
Acts 12:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now (1) about that time (a) Herod the king stretched forth [his] hands to vex certain of the church. (1) God gives his Church peace only for a short time. (a) This name Herod was common to all thos...
Acts 12:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Persecution of the Church by Herod Agrippa. Peter's Escape from Prison. On Agrippa, see p. 610. His persecution of the Christians was according to his general policy. The persecutions of the faithf...
Acts 12:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

This chapter is. parenthesis, describing events in A.D. 14. about . Greek. kata. time . season. Herod . Herod Agrippa I. App-109. stretched forth his hands . put to his hands. Compare Luke...
Acts 12:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Here followeth new persecution raised by Herod. We see that the Church had some short truce, that it might, as it were, by a short breathing, recover some courage against the time to come, a...
Acts 12:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. Herod the king - This was Herod Agrippa, the son of Aristobulus, and grandson of Herod the Great; he was n...
Acts 12:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Herod the King— The Syriac version reads, Herod the king, surnamed Agrippa: Josephus styles him Agrippa; which probably was his Roman, as Herod was his Syrian name. He was the grandson of Her...
Acts 12:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. Herod Persecutes the Church, and Puts James, the Brother of John, to Death (12:1-2) Now about that...
Acts 12:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

About that time ] viz. when relief was sent to the Church of Jerusalem ( Acts 11:29-30 ). The death of Herod ( Acts 12:23 ) fixes the date as 44 a.d. Herod the king] i.e. Herod Agrippa I, son of Ari...
Acts 12:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XII. (1) Herod the king. — The previous life of this prince had been full of strange vicissitudes. The son of Aristobulus and Bernice, grandson of Herod the Great, brother of the Herodias who ap...
Acts 12:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 THE DEFEAT OF PRIDE. Acts 12:1-3 ; Acts 12:23-24 THE chapter at which we have now arrived is very important from a chronological point of view, as it brings the sacred narrative int...
Acts 12:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Loosened Bonds Acts 12:1-12 This Herod was the grandson of Herod the Great. He courted the goodwill of the Jews, though he was dissolute, cruel, and unscrupulous. How wonderful that God can spa...
Acts 12:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again persecution broke out in Jerusalem, and the first of the apostolic band suffered martyrdom at the hands of Herod. A revealing sentence concerning Herod is that which declares that when "he saw...
Acts 12:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS Herod persecutes the Church. James is killed by him, and Peter put into Prison. An Angel of the Lord opens the Prison Doors, and delivers him. Herod 's awful Death.
Acts 12:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now about that time ,.... That the famine was in Judea, and Saul and Barnabas were sent thither with what the church at Antioch had collected. Herod the king ; not Herod the great that slew the in...
Acts 12:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. Ver. 1. Now about that time ] That the famine lay sore upon the Church. Afflictions seldom come single...
Acts 12:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now about that time When Saul and Barnabas were preparing to set out to Jerusalem, to carry thither what had been collected by the Christians at Antioch; Herod stretched forth his hands to vex cer...
Acts 12:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

For a brief time again our eyes are turned toward Jerusalem and Peter, though Peter's work is no longer taking the prominent place it did at the beginning. Being the apostle to the Jews, he manifestl...
Acts 12:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Martyrdom of James; Peter's Imprisonment. 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of th...
Acts 12:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ACTS CHAPTER 12 Acts 12:1-19 King Herod persecutes the Christians, kills James, and imprisons Peter, who, upon the prayers of the church, is delivered by an angel. Acts 12:20-23 Herod, in his...
Acts 12:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.' Note Luke's description of him as ‘the king'. It was, of course strictly correct, but here it draws out tha...
Acts 12:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 12:1 . About that time (compare Acts 19:23 ).— I.e. , before, or about the time of, the arrival of Barnabas and Saul at Jerusalem ( Acts 11:30 ). The incidents recorded i...
Acts 12:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Herod Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great, ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 2:1 ), a strict observer of the law, and popular with the Jews, see ( Acts 12:21 ). Herod Agrippa II,...
Acts 12:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:1 . About that time, when the word of the Lord prevailed so remarkably in Antioch and the northern provinces, and when Paul and Barnabas had brought alms to Jerusalem, as in Acts 12:25 ,...
Acts 12:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. Herod the king The previous life of this prince had been full of strange vicissitudes. The son of Aris...
Acts 12:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 12:1 Put for stretched, A.V.; afflict for vex, A.V. The phrase, About that time, as in Acts 19:23 , points to what had just before been related (Meyer). The inter...
Acts 12:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now about that time Herod the, king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church.
Acts 12:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:30 ; Acts 9:31 ; John 15:20 ; John 16:2 ; Luke 22:53 ; Matthew 10:17 ; Matthew 10:18 ; Matthew 24:9
Acts 12:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

But Prayer Acts 12:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Peter was in prison. Herod emboldened by the fact that his killing of James had pleased the Jews, proceeded to take Peter also. His purpose was to ki...
Acts 12:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

About that time — So wisely did God mix rest and persecution in due time and measure succeeding each other. Herod — Agrippa; the latter was his Roman, the former his Syrian name. He was the grandso...

Acts 12:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 12:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 12:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 12:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 12:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 12:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 12:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 12:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 12:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 12:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 12:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 12:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 12:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 12:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 12:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 12:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 12:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 12:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 12:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 12:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 12:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 12:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 12:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes