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Acts 12:4
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
Verse Acts 12:4. _FOUR QUATERNIONS OF SOLDIERS_] That is, _sixteen_, or four companies of _four men_ each, who had the care of the prison, each company taking in turn one of the four watches of the ni...
AND WHEN HE HAD APPREHENDED HIM - When he had taken or arrested him. HE PUT HIM IN PRISON - During the solemnities of this religious festival, it would have been deemed improper to have engaged in th...
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)...
APPREHENDED. arrested. Greek. _piazo._ See note on John 11:57. IN. into. Greek. _eis._ PRISON. ward. Greek. _pkulake._ QUATERNIONS. Greek. _tetradion,_. body of four. Only here. There were four sold...
_And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison_ To keep him a prisoner till the termination of the feast. _and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep_[guard] _him_ A quaternion...
ἜΘΕΤΟ ΕἸΣ ΦΥΛΑΚΉΝ, _he put him in prison_, to be kept a prisoner till the termination of the feast, when he might be brought to trial. ΠΑΡΑΔΟῪΣ ΤΈΣΣΑΡΣΙΝ ΤΕΤΡΑΔΊΟΙΣ Κ.Τ.Λ., _having delivered him to fo...
Acts 12:1-12. HEROD’S PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH. PETER’S MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON...
_JAMES DIED FOR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST ACTS 12:1-5:_ One man can do either much harm or much good toward the cause of Christ. King Herod Agrippa I harassed some in the church and caused terrible sufferin...
ΠΙΆΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΠΙΆΖΩ (G363) хватать, ловить, ΈΘΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать. Med. означает, что Ирод Агриппа I действовал в соответствии со своей продуманной ц...
TO FOUR QUATERNIONS OF SOLDIERS— That is, to _sixteen,_ consisting of four in each party, who were to watch him by turns, four at a time; two of them being chained to him, and two of them watching bef...
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...
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And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. AND WHEN HE HAD APPREH...
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...
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...
FOUR QUATERNIONS] four parties of four soldiers each, relieving one another at intervals. Easter] i.e. the Passover....
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...
DELIVERED HIM TO FOUR QUATERNIONS OF SOLDIERS. — Agrippa apparently followed the lessons of Roman practice which he had learnt by his own experience. The four quaternions relieved each other at set ti...
ὃν καὶ πιάσας, Acts 3:7, really Doric form of πιέζω (_cf._ Luke 6:38, nowhere else in N.T.), used in this sense also in LXX, and elsewhere in N.T., _cf._ Song of Solomon 2:15, Sir 23:21 (not A). Moder...
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...
James Killed and Peter Seized By Herod Sometime near the time Barnabas and Saul were taking the gift from Antioch to Jerusalem, Herod Agrippa decided to inflict pain on certain members of the church....
(3) And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison, and delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (3) The tyrants...
_To four files of soldiers. [1] To four times four soldiers, or to sixteen soldiers, each band or file consisting of four._ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Quatuor quaternionibus,_ Greek: tessarsi tetradiois stratio...
PETER'S MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE 3, 4. When Herod beheaded James, the Jews took great courage, congratulating themselves that their good king will soon exterminate that vexatious heresy in blood. Herod...
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (5) Peter therefore was k...
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...
4._Adding four quaternions of soldiers. _Luke doth, in this place, declare by circumstances that Peter was, as it were, shut up in his grave, so that it might seem that he was quite past hope; for as...
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...
WHEN HE HAD APPREHENDED HIM,.... When his officers he sent to take him had brought him: HE PUT HIM IN PRISON; in the common prison, very likely where he had been once before, Acts 5:18 AND DELIVERED...
And when he had apprehended him, he put _him_ in prison, and delivered _him_ to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Ver. 4. _To bring hi...
_And because he saw it pleased the Jews_ Whose favour he laboured by all possible means to conciliate; _he proceeded to take Peter also_ Renowned as he was for such a variety of miracles wrought by hi...
FOUR QUATERNIONS; four companies of four soldiers each; making, in all, sixteen. One company guarded him three hours, and was then relieved by another. EASTER; the passover. Easter is supposed to have...
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...
SO WHEN HE HAD ARRESTED HIM, HE PUT _HIM_ IN PRISON, AND DELIVERED _HIM_ TO FOUR SQUADS OF SOLDIERS TO KEEP HIM, INTENDING TO BRING HIM BEFORE THE PEOPLE AFTER PASSOVER. 1. Peter was put in prison an...
"Delivering him to four squads of soldiers" Each squad consisted of four men, thus sixteen soldiers guards were responsible for his safekeeping around the clock. "If the question be asked why such sec...
1-5 James was one of the sons of Zebedee, whom Christ told that they should drink of the cup that he was to drink of, and be baptized with the baptism that he was to be baptized with, Matthew 20:23....
FOUR QUATERNIONS OF SOLDIERS: there were sixteen soldiers appointed to keep Peter; the Romans using four soldiers at a time to keep sentry, and the Jews dividing their nights into four watches, there...
Peter of Alexandria Canonical Epistle Let them recall to their minds also how Peter, the chief of the apostles, "was thrown into prison, and delivered to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; "[5...
Acts 12:4 So G3739 G2532 arrested G4084 (G5660) put G5087 (G5639) in G1519 prison G5438 delivered...
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...
‘And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people. So Peter was taken and...
Acts 12:4. AND DELIVERED HIM TO FOUR QUATERNIONS OF SOLDIERS. That is, to four bands of soldiers, each band consisting of four. These were to relieve each other in guarding the prisoner. The Roman pra...
WHEN HE HAD TAKEN HIM (πιασας). See on Acts 3:7 for same form.HE PUT HIM IN PRISON (εθετο εις φυλακην). Second aorist middle indicative of τιθημ, common verb. This is the third imprisonment of Pet...
EASTER the passover....
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...
WHEN HE SAW THAT THIS PLEASED THE JEWS. This was the time for Passover, and a large number of Jews would be in Jerusalem for the Feast. He was looking for honor and popularity from them, and probably...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 12:4 The PRISON was probably the Tower of Antonia (see note on 21:31–32). The use of FOUR SQUADS OF SOLDIERS reflects Roman practice: one squad of four soldiers for each
_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...
Acts 16:23; Acts 16:24; Acts 4:28; Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18;...
Quaternions. A quaternion was a body of four soldiers; so that there were sixteen guards, four for each of the four night - watches. The passover. The whole seven days of the feast. Bring him forth...
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...
BUT PRAYER Acts 12:1 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 kill him a...
Four quaternions — Sixteen men, who watched by turns day and night....
Peter being imprisoned, observe, What an excess of care and caution Herod takes for securing his prisoner: Sixteen soldiers are set to guard him; four at. time, and to take their turns at the four wat...