Acts 12:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. ”

Acts 12:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Herod was highly displeased ... - Greek: “bore a hostile mind,” intending war. See the margin. The Greek word θυμομαχῶν thumomachōn does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. It mea...
Acts 12:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their count...
Acts 12:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Fate of the Soldiers and of Herod. For the soldiers, cf. Acts 5:21 ff. Here they are led away to be put to death. The story of Herod's glorification and end is told by Josephus in a similar way...
Acts 12:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Herod . Texts read "He". was highly displeased . Greek. thumomacheo, to fight angrily. Only here. them of Tyre, &c . = the Tyrians, &c. came . were present, or presented themselves....
Acts 12:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. A worthy (761) history, which doth not only show, as it were in a glass, what end is prepared for the enemies of the Church, but also how greatly God hateth pride. The Scripture saith that...
Acts 12:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country w...
Acts 12:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he went down from Judea, &c.— See on ch. Acts 8:40 . Herod the Great, after he had built Caesarea Palestine, had instituted games to the honour of Caesar, which were to be celebrated every...
Acts 12:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their count...
Acts 12:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Imprisonment of Peter. Death of Herod 1-19. Persecution of the Church at Jerusalem by Herod. Martyrdom of James the son of Zebedee. Peter's imprisonment and miraculous release. The Church was pers...
Acts 12:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon. — Literally, as in the margin, was in a hostile state of mind; was, in modern phrase, “contemplating hostilities.” The two Phœnician citie...
Acts 12:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

beyond Their Faith Acts 12:13-25 Mark's mother was evidently a woman of property, as her house was large enough to receive the many who felt that prayer was the key to open Peter's prison. Rhod...
Acts 12:20 - 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 12:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. (19) And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that...
Acts 12:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon ,.... Two cities on the sea coast, in the land of Phoenicia; with the inhabitants of which Herod was so enraged, that though he had not de...
Acts 12:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country w...
Acts 12:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Herod , &c. The historian now proceeds to mention some circumstances that were introductory to the miserable end of Herod; was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon On account of some...
Acts 12:20 - 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 12:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Herod. 20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, havi...
Acts 12:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Tyre and Sidon; these were two coast towns in Phoenicia, famous, especially the former, for their great trading; and being rich, might be insolent, or possibly might tempt Herod to a war against th...
Acts 12:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jerusalem Finally Rejects the Apostles, Kingship Ceases in Israel, And The Word Of God Goes On Multiplying (12:1-24). The new centre for world evangelisation having been set up (unknowingly at the...
Acts 12:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 12:20 . For And Herod read And , or but, he—i.e. , Herod. Highly displeased .—θυμομαχῶν, in a hostile state of mind , in modern phrase, “contemplating hostilities” (Pl...
Acts 12:20 - 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 12:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark. John Mark 1. Two names are here, one Jewish, the other Roman; the latter adopted a...
Acts 12:20 - 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 12:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon; but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king's chamberlain, their friend, desired peace, because their countr...
Acts 12:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:9-11 ; 2 Chronicles 2:10 ; 2 Chronicles 2:15 ; Amos 4:6-9 ; Ecclesiastes 10:4 ; Ezekiel 27:17 ; Ezra 3:7 ; Genesis 10:15 ; Genesis 10:19 ; Haggai 1:8-11 ; Haggai 2:16 ; Haggai 2...
Acts 12:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Herod's Duplicity and Death Acts 12:18-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to our final message concerning Peter's third imprisonment. We are about to present the other side of the message. We h...
Acts 12:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Having gained Blastus — To their side, they sued for, and obtained peace — Reconciliation with Herod. And so the Christians of those parts were, by the providence of God, delivered from scarcity. T...

Acts 12:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 12:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 12:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 12:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 12:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 12:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 12:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 12:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 12:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 12:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 12:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 12:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 12:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 12:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 12:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 12:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 12:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 12:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 12:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 12:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 12:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes