Acts 12:3

And because he saw it pleased the Jews Which was so great an object with him. This Josephus notices (Antiq. xix. 7. 3), for, comparing Agrippa with the Herod who ruled before him, he mentions that the latter "was more friendly to the Greeks than to the Jews," in which matter he says Agrippa "was not at all like him."

he proceeded further to take Peter also The Greek is a rendering of a common Hebrew form. Literally, "he addedto take Peter also." Peter was the other most conspicuous figure among the twelve, for John, as in his Gospel he keeps himself from view under the designation "that other disciple" (John 20:2-3; John 21:20; John 21:23), so in the work of the early Church he is but little noticed after the first persecution at Jerusalem.

Then were the days of unleavened bread Literally, "and those were," &c. The expression refers to the whole feast, as may be seen from Luke 22:1, "The feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover."