Acts 12:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. ”

Acts 12:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gird thyself - When they slept the outer garment was thrown off, and the girdle with which they bound their inner garment, or tunic, was loosed. He was directed now to gird up that inner garment...
Acts 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Gird thyself . Greek. perizonnumi. Occurs elsewhere, Luke 12:35 ; Luke 12:37 ; Luke 17:8 ; Ephesians 6:14 . Revelation 1:13 ; Revelation 15:6 . Texts read zonnumi, as in John 21:18 . unt...
Acts 12:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. Gird thyself - It seems Peter had put off the pri...
Acts 12:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself...
Acts 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. — In lying down to sleep the Apostle had naturally laid aside his “cloak,” loosened the girdle that bound his tunic, and put off his sandals. As regards the l...
Acts 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. (7) And, behold, the angel...
Acts 12:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the angel said unto him, gird thyself ,.... He slept in his inner garment loose about him; wherefore the angel bids him gird it up with his girdle, and prepare to walk out after him: and bind...
Acts 12:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. Ver. 8. And follow me ] See here how by degre...
Acts 12:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him Greek, επεστη, stood over him; and a light shined in the prison Εν τω οικηματι, in the house , the whole house in which he was confined; and he s...
Acts 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gird thyself; the custom being to wear long garments, they were not so fit to go about any business until they had girt their garments to them; hence Jeremiah is commanded to get a girdle about him...
Acts 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

angel ( See Scofield) - ( Hebrews 1:4 ).
Acts 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The miraculous deliverance:
Acts 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gird thyself — Probably he had put off his girdle, sandals, and upper garment, before he lay down to sleep.

Acts 12:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 12:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 12:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 12:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 12:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 12:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 12:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 12:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 12:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 12:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 12:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 12:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 12:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 12:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 12:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 12:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 12:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 12:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 12:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 12:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 12:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes