Acts 12:21
And upon a set day - An appointed, public day. This was the second day of the sports and games which Herod celebrated in Caesarea in honor of Cla...
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...
set. appointed . royal . Same as "king's", Acts 12:20 . apparel . Josephus ( Antiquities XIX. viii. 2) says it was of silver tissue, and glitt...
21. Upon an appointed day. Luke saith that the men of Tyrus and Sidon had peace granted them, because this was the occasion of the king’s or...
DISCOURSE: 1774 THE EVIL OF PRIDE Acts 12:21-23 . And upon a set day Herod, arrayed, in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration...
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. Upon a set day, etc. - A day on which games,...
And upon a set day Herod, &c.— Upon occasion of the games and approaching festival hinted at in the last verse, there was a great resort of the...
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in...
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).
And upon a set day... — Josephus ( Ant. xix. 8, § 2) gives an account of the incident that follows substantially agreeing with that here recorded....
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...
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. (22) And the people gave a shout, saying, It...
And upon a set day ,.... Either on some feast day of divine appointment, as a feast day was by the Jews called מועד, "a stated day"; or on some day...
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. Ver. 21. And upon a set day ] When there...
And upon a set day When shows and games were exhibited by him in honour of Claudius Cesar; Herod, arrayed in royal apparel In a garment so wrough...
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...
Upon a set day; this was (says Josephius, cap. 19. lib. 7) the second day of the sports or games, which Herod had instituted in honour of the emper...
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...
‘And on a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration to them.' The day came for the royal triumph. O...
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...
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:
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
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...
And on a set day — Which was solemnized yearly, in honour of Claudius Cesar; Herod, arrayed in royal apparel — In a garment so wrought with silver,...
21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.