Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 12:7
His chains — With which his right arm was bound to one of the soldiers, and his left arm to the other.
His chains — With which his right arm was bound to one of the soldiers, and his left arm to the other.
ACTS 12:7 The Western text differs in several respects from the generally received text: an angel of the Lord appeared “to Peter” (evpe,sth [lit. “stood by”] + tw|/ Pe,trw|, D itp syrh with * copsa);...
Verse Acts 12:7. _SMOTE PETER ON THE SIDE_] He struck him in such a way as was just sufficient to awake him from his sleep. _HIS CHAINS FELL OFF FROM_ HIS _HANDS._] The chains mentioned above, by whi...
AND, BEHOLD, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD - See the notes on Acts 5:19. CAME UPON HIM - Greek: was present with him; stood near him ἐπέστη epestē. AND A LIGHT SHINED IN THE PRISON - Many have supposed 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)...
BEHOLD. Greek. _idou._ App-133. CAME UPON. stood over. LIGHT. Greek. _phos._ App-130. PRISON. Greek. _oikema,_ dwelling. Only here. The Revised Version reads "cell". That was Peter's dwelling-place...
_And behold, the_[an] _angel of the Lord came upon him_ The verb is the same which is used (Luke 2:9) of the angel appearing to the shepherds. The idea conveyed is that the heavenly visitor appeared o...
ΚΑῚ ἸΔΟῪ ἌΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ ἘΠΈΣΤΗ, _and behold an angel of the Lord came upon him_. The phrase is word for word the same as in Luke 2:9, and the words which follow there καὶ δόξα κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτοὺ...
Acts 12:1-12. HEROD’S PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH. PETER’S MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON...
_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...
ΈΠΈΣΤΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2186) стоять рядом, внезапно появляться (BAGD). ΈΛΑΜΨΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΆΜΠΩ (G2989) светиться, ΟΊΚΗΜΑ (G3612) комната; эвфемизм, обозначающий тюрьму (LC)....
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD— _An angel of the Lord._ Instead of _smote Peter on the side,_ Dr. Heylin reads, _touched Peter on the side._...
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...
7-11. Though Peter undoubtedly expected to die the next day, he seems to have slept as soundly as the soldiers to whom he was chained. All was dark and still within the prison until a late hour of the...
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands...
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...
THE PRISON] RV 'the-cell.'...
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...
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM. — The phrase is identical with that of Luke 2:9. The absence of the article in the Greek leaves it open to render it either as “t_he_ angel” or “_an_ angel.” The “...
ἐπέστη : often as here with the notion of coming suddenly, in classical Greek it is often used of dreams, as in Homer; or of the coming of heavenly visitors, very frequent in Luke, and with the same f...
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...
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon [him], and a light shined in the (c) prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from [his...
An Angel. This was probably his Angel guardian. It has always been the constant belief of the Church, that each individual is put under the protection of a tutelar Angel. (Haydock) --- St. Bernard, on...
Peter is sound asleep, flat on his back, chained to a soldier on either side, the stilly hours of dulcet slumber treading slowly on, anticipating the day of his bloody martyrdom. He must have had perf...
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. (7) And, behold, the angel...
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...
_THE CHURCH AT PRAYER_ ‘Prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.’ Acts 12:5 ‘More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of,’ or that the Church dreams of either,...
_MAN’S EXTREMITY, GOD’S OPPORTUNITY_ ‘And his chains fell of from his hands.’ Acts 12:7 How was prayer answered for St. Peter, and when? Not till the last moment. St. Peter _ was at the last extrem...
7._A light shined, _It is to be thought that Peter alone saw this light, and that the soldiers did either sleep so soundly, or else were so amazed, that they neither felt nor perceived any thing, And...
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 BEHOLD, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM,.... Suddenly and at once, and stood by him; this was one of the ministering spirits sent forth by Christ, to minister to a servant of his: AND A LIGHT...
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon _him_, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from _his_ ha...
_And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him_ Greek, επεστη, _stood over him; and a light shined in the prison_ Εν τω οικηματι, _in the house_, the whole house in which he was confined; _and he sm...
HIS CHAINS FELL; in a miraculous way....
AND, BEHOLD, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM, AND A LIGHT SHINED IN THE PRISON; AND HE SMOTE PETER ON THE SIDE, AND RAISED HIM UP, SAYING, ARISE UP QUICKLY. AND HIS CHAINS FELL OFF FROM HIS HANDS....
The miraculous deliverance:...
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...
NOW BEHOLD, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BY _HIM,_ AND A LIGHT SHONE IN THE PRISON; AND HE STRUCK PETER ON THE SIDE AND RAISED HIM UP, SAYING, " ARISE QUICKLY! " AND HIS CHAINS FELL OFF _HIS_ HANDS. 1....
"Behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared" "God is able to deliver in spite of all the precautions of men, soldiers, prison, chains, iron gates. The wisdom of God so surpasses the wisdom of men,...
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...
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, whose office it is to minister for the heirs of salvation, HEBREWS 1:14, and who willingly fulfil this will of the Lord. CAME UPON HIM, as LUKE 2:9, suddenly and unexpectedly. A...
7-11. Though Peter undoubtedly expected to die the next day, he seems to have slept as soundly as the soldiers to whom he was chained. All was dark and still within the prison until a late hour of the...
Acts 12:7 Now G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) angel G32 Lord G2962 by G2186 (G5627) and G2532 light...
‘And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison. And behold, an angel (or ‘messe...
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 12:7. AND, BEHOLD, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. This should be rendered, ‘an angel of the Lord,' one of that glorious host of Spirits of whom mention so often is made in this book of the ‘Acts' with re...
STOOD BY HIM (επεστη). Ingressive second aorist active indicative of εφιστημ, intransitive. This very form occurs in Luke 2:9 of the sudden appearance of the angel of the Lord to the shepherds. Page...
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...
SUDDENLY AN ANGEL OF THE LORD. This is God's answer to the prayer of his people. Notice Peter has time to get dressed....
_And behold the angel of the Lord came upon him._ THE TENDER OFFICES OF ANGELS TOWARDS THE SAINTS OF GOD It enhances the moral dignity of the Christian that he should have such exalted beings in cons...
_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...
1 Kings 19:5; 1 Kings 19:7; 2 Samuel 22:29; Acts 9:3; Acts 10:30;...
Came upon [ε π ε σ τ η]. Better, as Rev., stood by. See on ch. Acts 4:1; and compare Luke 2:9. Prison [ο ι κ η μ α τ ι]. Not the prison, but the cell where Peter was confined. So, rightly, Rev....
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...
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...
Observe here, 1. That God hath sometimes made use of the ministry of angels to effect deliverance for his people. Observe, 2. That several food offices which the angels now did for Peter, in order to...