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Acts 12:11
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent His angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent His angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Verse Acts 12:11. _WHEN PETER WAS COME TO HIMSELF_] Every thing he saw astonished him; he could scarcely credit his eyes; he was in a sort of ecstasy; and it was only when the angel left him that he w...
AND WHEN PETER WAS COME TO HIMSELF - This expression naturally means, when he had overcome bas amazement and astonishment at the unexpected deliverance, so as to be capable of reflection. He had been...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The great Persecution by Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1)._ 2. The miraculous deliverance of Peter (Acts 12:6). 3. The Presumption and Judgment of Herod (Acts 12:18). 4. Barnabas and Sau...
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 faithful...
About this time Herod the king began to take hostile action to inflict injury on certain men of the Church. He killed James, John's brother, with the sword. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the...
IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE (Acts 12:1-11)...
WHEN, &C. Peter, having come to be. TO HIMSELF. in (Greek. _en)_ himself, i.e. in his right senses. Compare "out of his senses", or "beside himself". KNOW. Greek. _oida,_ as in Acts 12:9. OF. SURET...
_And when Peter was come to himself_ This and other subjective features of the narrative shew that the account must have been derived from St Peter himself. No one else could describe the astonishment...
Acts 12:1-12. HEROD’S PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH. PETER’S MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON...
ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΠΈΤΡΟΣ ἘΝ ἙΑΥΤΩ͂Ι ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ, _and when Peter was come to himself_. This and the other subjective features of the narrative shew that the account must have been derived from St Peter himself. No...
_PETER COULD NOT BE KEPT IN PRISON ACTS 12:6-12:_ The night before Peter was to be put on trial, he was asleep and bound by two chains. Two soldiers were guarding him and other soldiers were guarding...
ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.), см._ Acts 12:5. С ΈΝ ΈΑΥΤΏ (G1722; G1438) ("придя в себя"), ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΟΊΔΑ (G1492) perf. _ind. act._ знать, def. per...
NOW I KNOW OF A SURETY, &C.— The apostle may be understood here as alluding to a similar deliverance, chap. Acts 5:19. Thetime in which he was delivered was very critical,—it being the night preceding...
5. AT JERUSALEM. Acts 12:1-24. a. Persecution of Herod. James beheaded. Peter imprisoned. Acts 12:1-5. Acts 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the c...
See notes one verse 7...
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of t...
26 The name "Christian" is Latin in its termination, so seems to have been given by the Romans. It is mentioned only twice more (Act_26:28; 1Pe_4:16), and was a term of contempt. It is never used by t...
12:11 know (a-10) Conscious knowledge....
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 persecut...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 12 PETER IN PRISON AGAIN, 12:1-5 V1 At that time, King Herod arrested some members of the *church. He made them suffer very badly. V2 He ordere...
WHEN PETER WAS COME TO HIMSELF. — Here again we find the tone of a personal reminiscence. He finds himself at night, free, in the open street. It was no dream. As before (Acts 5:19), his Master had se...
γενόμενος ἐν ἑαυτῷ, _cf._ Luke 15:17, and compare instances of similar phrases in Greek and Latin classical writers in Wetstein and Blass. Κύριος, see critical notes, if without the article Nösgen (so...
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 spare fr...
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 t...
The Danger of Prayer While Herod waited for the end of Passover, the church waited in prayer. They asked God to be with Peter, whether in simply requesting that God help sustain his faith or have him...
_Peter coming to himself. Being now sensible that all was true. (Witham)_...
Peter thinks he is in a trance and sees a vision. Now they pass by the first and second guard and come to the great iron gate that leads out into the city. Peter is soliloquizing: “Though I have esca...
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of th...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
11._Then Peter returning to himself. _It is word for word, being made in himself, because, being before astonied with a strange and incredible thing, he was, as it were, without himself. But now at le...
Herod, to please the Jews, begins to persecute the assembly in that city. We may remark here, that the company of believers at Antioch are also called the assembly (church), which is the case nowhere...
AND WHEN PETER WAS COME TO HIMSELF.... For upon his being awaked out of sleep, what with the uncommon light, which shone around him, and with the appearance of the angel, and the chains dropping from...
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and _from_ all the expectation of the people of...
_When Peter was come to himself_ And perceived that the extraordinary things which had been shown him were not visionary representations, but real facts; and when he saw where he was; _he said, Now kn...
WAS COME TO HIMSELF; became conscious that what had happened was a reality and no vision....
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 manifestly...
AND WHEN PETER HAD COME TO HIMSELF, HE SAID, " NOW I KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THE LORD HAS SENT HIS ANGEL, AND HAS DELIVERED ME FROM THE HAND OF HEROD AND _FROM_ ALL THE EXPECTATION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE....
"Peter came to himself" That is, he realized that this was no vision! He was actually free and outside the prison walls, and he knew this for sure. "And from all that the Jewish people were expecting...
6-11 A peaceful conscience, a lively hope, and the consolations of the Holy Spirit, can keep men calm in the full prospect of death; even those very persons who have been most distracted with terrors...
WHEN PETER WAS COME TO HIMSELF, out of that amazement which so many wonderful things had wrought in him, that he could compose himself to effect upon what he had heard and seen, he knew his deliveranc...
Acts 12:11 And G2532 Peter G4074 come G1096 (G5637) to G1722 himself G1438 said G2036 (G5627) Now...
‘And when Peter was come to himself, he said, “Now I know of a truth, that the Lord has sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of 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 evangelisation having been set up (unknowingly at the tim...
Acts 12:11. AND WHEN PETER WAS COME TO HIMSELF. Up to this time, all that had happened had seemed to Peter as a dream; but now, when he stood alone in the midst of the city, and he called to mind dist...
WAS COME TO HIMSELF (εν εαυτω γενομενος). Second aorist middle participle of γινομα with εν and the locative case, "becoming at himself." In Luke 15:17 we have εις εαυτον ελθων (coming to himself,...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
CONTENTS: Persecutions of the church and arrest of Peter. Prayer for his deliverance and his miraculous release Death of Herod. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Herod, James, Peter, 2 soldiers, angel, Mary, Mark,...
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, _Hero...
HE THOUGHT HE WAS SEEING A VISION. That is, he thought he was dreaming. THE GATE OPENED FOR THEM BY ITSELF. The outer gate of the prison. NOW I KNOW. After the angel leaves him outside on the street,...
_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 Aristobu...
_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 in this cha...
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 interposition of th...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Acts 12. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church (Acts 12:1). There are just a lot of Herods in the Bible and it i...
2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Samuel 22:1;...
HEROD KILLS JAMES Acts 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There had come a time of comparative peace after the persecution which arose about Stephen, had subsided. Not long, however, could Satan fold his hands...
Now I know of a truth — That this is not a vision, Acts 12:9....
Observe here, 1. The wise and holy course which the church took for the apostles enlargement, and that was keeping. day of prayer.. number of Christians get together, and importune heaven; the enemies...