word. Greek. logos. App-121.
grew. increased.
multiplied. Greek. plethuno. See Matthew 24:12.
But the word of God grew ... - Great success attended it. The persecutions had now ceased; and notwithstanding all the attempts which had been ma...
(12) But the (s) word of God grew and multiplied. (12) Tyrants build up the Church by destroying it. (s) Those that heard the word of God.
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 glorific...
24. And the word of God. When the tyrant was once taken out of the way the Church was suddenly delivered, as it were, out of the jaws of the...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. But the word of God - The Christian doctrine preached by the apostles grew and multiplied - became more evid...
Grew and multiplied.— The expressions here used relate properly to vegetables, and may be intended to signify, that the growth of the gospel, that...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. But the word of God grew and multiplied - q.d., 'Not only was the royal persecutor ignominiously swe...
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...
Death of Herod Agrippa I , 44 a.d. Josephus's account of Herod's death, which is quite independent, confirms St. Luke's (see 'Ant.' 19.8).
So signal a judgment upon a persecutor was an indication of the righteousness of the Christian cause. It is a remarkable fact that most of the early...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. — The words describe a continuous expansion. The death of the chief persecutor left free scope for the act...
Acts 12:23-24 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...
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 th...
Again persecution broke out in Jerusalem, and the first of the apostolic band suffered martyrdom at the hands of Herod. A revealing sentence concerni...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. (25) And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with th...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. The number of those who were converted by it, and embraced and professed it, increased; otherwise the word...
But the word of God grew and multiplied. Ver. 24. But the word of God ] The Church is invincible; and truth may be oppressed a while, but not utt...
But the word of God grew and multiplied Became more successful; and in every place where it was preached, the number of disciples was considerably...
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...
The Death of Herod. 20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sido...
Grew; the word of God is compared here to seed, as in our Saviour's parable, Matthew 13:19 . Multiplied; the number of believers multiplied th...
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...
‘But the word of God grew and multiplied.' And in contrast to the end of the pretender, and in spite of what man could do, ‘the word of God grew and...
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 ,...
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...
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,...
And … Herod … went down from Judea to Caesarea. The death of Herod This journey of Herod is described by Josephus. It would seem that he left J...
But the Word of God grew and multiplied. The progress of God’s Word This progress--growth and multiplication of God’s Word--was displayed-- I...
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 judgment of God upon Herod:
But the Word of God grew and multiplied.
2 Thessalonians 3:1 ; Acts 11:21 ; Acts 19:20 ; Acts 5:39 ; Acts 6:7 ; Colossians 1:6 ; Daniel 2:24 ; Daniel 2:44 ; Isaiah 41:10-13 ; Isaia...
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 ab...
24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.