Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 12:8
Gird thyself — Probably he had put off his girdle, sandals, and upper garment, before he lay down to sleep.
Gird thyself — Probably he had put off his girdle, sandals, and upper garment, before he lay down to sleep.
ACTS 12:8-9 Between verses Acts 12:8 and Acts 12:9 copG67 adds the sentence, “But he [the angel] seized him [Peter] and drew him along and to...
Verse Acts 12:8. _GIRD THYSELF_] It seems Peter had put off the principal part of his clothes, that he might sleep with more comfort. His resuming all that he had thrown off was a proof that every th...
GIRD THYSELF - When they slept the outer garment was thrown off, and the girdle with which they bound their inner garment, or tunic, was loosed. He was directed now to gird up that inner garment as 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)...
GIRD THYSELF. Greek. _perizonnumi._ Occurs elsewhere, Luke 12:35; Luke 12:37; Luke 17:8; Ephesians 6:14.
_Gird thyself_ A binding up of the loose Oriental robe, so as to be fit for expeditious movement. Thus the Passover was to be eaten (Exodus 12:11) as if by persons prepared to depart at once. So Gehaz...
ΖΩ͂ΣΑΙ, _gird thyself_. To gird up the loose Oriental robe was a necessity before undertaking any expeditious movement. So to Gehazi, (LXX.) 2 Kings 4:29, Elisha says Ζῶσαι τὴν ὀσφύν σου, and uses the...
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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. ΖΏΣΑΙ _aor. imper. med. от_ ΖΏΝΝΥΜΙ (G2224) подпоясываться, подвязывать тунику широким поясом. Ночью широкое одеяние было свободным, а днем подвязывал...
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 the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HIM, GIRD THYSELF, [ zo...
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...
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...
GIRD THYSELF, AND BIND ON THY SANDALS. — In lying down to sleep the Apostle had naturally laid aside his “cloak,” loosened the girdle that bound his tunic, and put off his sandals. As regards the latt...
περίζωσαι, but simple verb in R.V., W.H [250], Weiss, Wendt; bind thy tunic with a girdle: during the night the long flowing undergarment was loosened, but fastened up by day, so as not to impede the...
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 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...
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 THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HIM, GIRD THYSELF,.... He slept in his inner garment loose about him; wherefore the angel bids him gird it up with his girdle, and prepare to walk out after him: AND BIND ON T...
And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. Ver. 8. _And follow me_] See here how by degrees...
_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...
GIRD THYSELF; it was then customary to put a girdle around the body when about to walk. SANDALS; these covered the soles of the feet, and were fastened by strings or straps. THY GARMENT; the mantle,...
The miraculous deliverance:...
AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO HIM, GIRD THY SELF, AND BIND ON THY SANDALS. AND SO HE DID. AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, CAST THY GARMENT ABOUT THEE AND FOLLOW ME....
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...
THEN THE ANGEL SAID TO HIM, " GIRD YOURSELF AND TIE ON YOUR SANDALS " ; AND SO HE DID. AND HE SAID TO HIM, " PUT ON YOUR GARMENT AND FOLLOW ME. " 1. Peter is told to get dressed, put on his shoes and...
Peter is instructed to put on his outer garments and his sandals. "When lying down to sleep, people of the first century naturally laid aside their outer garments (or used them for. cover), loosened t...
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...
GIRD THYSELF; the custom being to wear long garments, they were not so fit to go about any business until they had girt their garments to them; hence Jeremiah is commanded to get a girdle about him, J...
Acts 12:8 Then G5037 angel G32 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 him G846 yourself G4024 (G5669) and...
‘And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself, and bind on your sandals.” And he did so. And he says to him, “Throw your robe about you, and follow me.” We must presume that Peter was heavy with sleep, s...
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 12:8. GIRD THYSELF, AND BIND ON THY SANDALS. The angel gives these various directions 1st, to indicate the reality of the appearance; 2d, to show there was no need for haste. The prisoner was to...
GIRD THYSELF (ζωσα). Direct middle first aorist (ingressive) imperative (Robertson, _Grammar_, pp. 806f.) from ζωννυμ (ζωννυω). Old verb, but in the N.T. only here and John 21:18 (twice to Peter) w...
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...
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...
Garment [ι μ α τ ι ο ν]. The outer garment, or mantle. See on Matthew 5:40....
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...