Acts 12:1

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.

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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 probabl...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Aris...
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 Hero...
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 Br...
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...
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 impris...
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...
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 po...
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...
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 concerni...
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. Her...
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 so...
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 An...
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 begi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Martyrdom of James; Peter's Imprisonment. 1 Now about that time Herod the kin...
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 deli...
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...
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 eva...
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...
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...
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 h...
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...
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 wh...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now about that time Herod the, king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church.
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:
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
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, p...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Herod Kills James Acts 12:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There had come a time of comparative peace after the persecution which arose about Stephen,...
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 Rom...

¹ Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

Related Commentaries of Acts 12:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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