Acts 12:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayerb was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. ”

Acts 12:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But prayer was made - The church was apprised of his imprisonment and danger, and had no resource but to apply to God by prayer. In scenes of danger there is no other refuge; and the result shows...
Acts 12:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. (4) The prayers of the godly overturn the counsel of tyrants, obtain angels from God, brea...
Acts 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

therefore . then indeed. prayer . Greek. proseuche. App-134. without ceasing . intense, Greek. ektenes. Occurs elsewhere only in 1 Peter 4:8 . The comparative only in Luke 22:44 , and the...
Acts 12:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. But prayers were made. Luke teacheth here that the faithful did not, in the mean season, foreslow [neglect] their duty, Peter stood in the forward (754) alone; but all the rest fought wi...
Acts 12:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1773 PETER’S DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON Acts 12:5 . Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him . THE Scriptures inform us, th...
Acts 12:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Prayer was made without ceasing - The Greek word εκτενης signifies both fervor and earnestness,...
Acts 12:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Without ceasing— The original word 'Εκτενης signifies not only continuance, but likewise earnestness, importunity, and vehemence.
Acts 12:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Peter therefore was kept in prison - until the festival should close; little thinking t...
Acts 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Prayer was made without ceasing. — The adjective is rendered by “fervent” in 1 Peter 4:8 , and implies, as in the marginal reading, intensity as well as continuity. The words imply that the member...
Acts 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (5) Peter therefore was...
Acts 12:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘ANSWERED PRAYERS’ ‘Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.’ Acts 12:5 ‘But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that...
Acts 12:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Peter therefore was kept in prison ,.... Till the feast of the passover was at an end: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him ; this was not done by them as a body toge...
Acts 12:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Ver. 5. Earnest prayer was made ] Oratio sine malis, est ut avis sine alis. These good so...
Acts 12:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Peter therefore Till the day of his execution came; was kept in prison Under the continual guard of the fore-mentioned soldiers. But prayer without ceasing (The original expression, προσευχη εκ...
Acts 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter's Imprisonment and Deliverance. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto...
Acts 12:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Peter therefore was kept in prison, till a fit time to offer him up as a sacrifice unto the people: so basely do wicked men stoop for their ends. But prayer was made: the only help or ho...
Acts 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

prayer Or, instant and earnest prayer was made. ( 2 Corinthians 1:11 ); ( Ephesians 6:18 ).
Acts 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Herod Persecutes the Church at Jerusalem and is Punished by God. Acts 12:1-25 James beheaded, Peter imprisoned:
Acts 12:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:26 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ; 2 Corinthians 1:11 ; Acts 12:12 ; Ephesians 6:18-20 ; Hebrews 13:3 ; Isaiah 62:6 ; Isaiah 62:7 ; James 5:16 ; Luke 18:1 ; Matthew 18:19
Acts 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Continual prayer was made for him — Yet when their prayer was answered, they could scarce believe it, Acts 12:15 . But why had they not prayed for St. James also? Because he was put to death as so...

Acts 12:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 12:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 12:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 12:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 12:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 12:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 12:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 12:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 12:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 12:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 12:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 12:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Acts 12:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 12:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 12:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 12:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 12:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 12:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 12:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 12:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 12:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 12:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 12:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 12:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes